Here's how the brewday progressed:
Heating the strike water.
Doing my calculations on the computer.
Sanitizer in the carboy.
The recipe.
Homework shmomework, I'm helping dad brew!
(insert picture of mashing here. Who the heck forgets to take a picture of this?)
First addition of hops by my big hopboy!
7.9 gallons of boiling goodness!
My first yeast starter.
The outcome from brewday:
Nailed my mash temp at 154 degrees.
Had to go to three sparges to get enough wort. Yikes! Now calculating grain absorption at 30%!
7.9 gallons of wort pre-boil.
5.25 gallons of wort post-boil. Have to watch the boil temps. Too high, obviously.
60 minute boil.
1 oz Magnum hops @ 60 minutes.
Whirfloc, Yeast Nutrients and Chiller @ 20 minutes.
1 oz Glacier hops @ 5 minutes.
1 oz Glacier hops at 1 minute.
OG - 1.43. Supposed to be between 1.48-1.55. A little less alcohol in this one.
Taste - Hoppy and gooooooooooooooooooood! Maybe a little too hoppy for some, but more for me!
This one will ferment for three weeks and go into the keg on March 23rd.
UP next: something the swmbo will like!
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