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Brewing Log 15

Style Porter
Recipe BCS p156
Date 21 Oct 2017
Brewers Me

Starter

  • 20 oct ~ noon
  • 2.5x, 1.5L h20, 5.3oz DME, WLP001
  • yeast in fridge from feb

Mash

  • Brewing in garage. Need more table?
  • 15.5 lb grain. Mash 153°
  • Strike 3.25 gal @ 169°
  • Sparge 5.75 gal (2gal absorb)
  • Needed 4.8 gal strike! fixing… adding 1.6gal water… about 155°, 15min in.
  • New sparge is 4.25
  • pre boil grav: 1.052

Boil

  • Forgot to use new hop tube. Need chain for it for next time.
  • going to attempt using it as a shield for racking. (that worked poorly, got slogged. Could use to dry hop in keg?)

Ferment

  • OG: 1.067
  • FG: 1.013, nov 4, 7%