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--- recipes:tea_biscuit_bitter [2020/12/30 22:25] – mrmekon
+++ recipes:tea_biscuit_bitter [2021/02/01 08:21] (current) – mrmekon
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 ===== Brewster Beacon =====
 **Brewed:** 2020-12-31 \\
-**Target OG:** \\isolation
+**Target OG:** 1.053 \\
-**Strike hit:** \\
+**Strike hit:** 71C \\
-**OG:** \\
+**OG:** 1.056 \\
-**FG:** \\
+**FG:** 1.022 \\
-**ABV:** \\
+**ABV:** 4.46% \\
 **Yeasties Recipe:**
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+Grind start time      : day before
 Liquor volume         : 25l
-Grain weight          : 7.7kg
+Grain weight          : 7.7kg (19L)
-Mash start time       :
+Pre-heat start time   : 11.15
-Strike temp           :
+Mash start time       : 11.50
-Mash temp             :
+Strike temp           : 71.0C
-Mash temp             :
+Mash temp @ 10        : 68.6C
-Extra head space      :
+Mash temp @ 20        : 70.0C (wtf?)
-Mash tun fullness     :
+Extra head space      : 2-3 L?
-Mash wattage          :
+Mash tun fullness     : 30L ?
-Mash pH @ 20 min      :
+Mash wattage          : 200W
-Mash gravity @ 20 min :
+Mash pH @ 20 min      : 5.06
-Mash length           :
+Mash gravity @ 20 min : 9.5 deg
-Mash out wattage      :
+Mash length           : 60 min
+Mash out wattage      : 400W
-Sparge start time     :
+Sparge start time     : 12.55
-First runnings gravity:
+First runnings gravity: 13.4 deg
-First runnings pH     :
+First runnings pH     : 4.96
-First runnings volume :
+First runnings volume : 16L
-Sparge volume         :
+Sparge volume         : 14L
-Sparge water temp     :
+Sparge water temp     : 78C
-Boil start time       :
+Boil start time       : 13.35
-Boil pH               :
+Boil pH               : 4.84
-Boil gravity          :
+Boil gravity          : 11.9 deg
-Boil volume           :
+Boil volume           : 30.0L
-Boil wattage          :
+Boil wattage          : 1800W
-Post-boil volume      :
+Post-boil volume      : 28.8L
-Post-boil pH          :
+Post-boil pH          : 4.83
 Post-boil gravity:
-  - Refractometer     :
+  - Refractometer     : 11.4 deg
-  - Hydrometer        :
+  - Hydrometer        : 1.056
-Chiller start time    :
+Chiller start time    : 14.45
-Pitch time            :
+Pitch time            : 15.45
-Fermenter volume      :
+Fermenter volume      : 26L
+Cleaning finish time  : 17.30
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+All ingredients several years old.  Closet-emptying brew. \\
+ \\
+g earl grey ("Countess Grey"), steeped in 500ml cold water in french press overnight.  Entire thing, leaves and all, to pitch in at flame-out for sterilization. \\
+ \\
+Used extra rice hulls: ~500g \\
+Started with a layer of rice hulls, then grain, then a layer of hulls, then rest of grain. \\
+Maintained constant recirculation flow during mash, but only on extremely low flow.  It will be slow to drain. \\
+Nope, actually sparged just fine. \\
+Forgot to check first-runnings volume.  Seems a few liters lower than calculated. \\
+.5 tsp protofloc + 1.5 tsp yeast nutrient @ 10 mins \\
-==== Fermentation Notes: ====
+==== Brewday Analysis: ====
+Everything went swimmingly. \\
+A tiny bit low on predicted volume and a smaller bit high on OG. \\
+pH and refractometer readings really made no sense.  pH meter might need new calibration liquid, or a new sensor.  Or else this dark beer is much more basic than the earlier light beers... \\
+Ludicrous quantity of dense foam in the fermenter.  Had to stir it down with a spoon to get the yeast into liquid. \\
-==== Bottling Notes: ====
+==== Calculated Recipe Adjustments: ====
+Real grain absorption: 1.470 \\
+Real efficiency: 67% \\
+ \\
+Volumes match perfectly when grain absorption rate is changed.
-==== Brewday Analysis: ====
+==== Fermentation Notes: ====
+Bubbling after 12 hours.  48 hours of vigorous, slowed down for third day. \\
+-01-23: FG 1.022 (much higher than expected), tastes good.  Porter-ish, with hints of bergamot. \\
+==== Bottling Notes: ====
+Put on balcony to cold crash before bottling. 24h, dropped to 7°C. \\
+Added 138g table sugar to bottling bucket.  Racked and kegged while cold. \\
+Volume at bottling: 25L \\
+Exactly 5 kegs (4.9kg each), zero bottles. \\
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