====== Tranbärs ====== **Style:** Weissbier Bentleybrau Brewery's Tranbärs \\ Cranberry Rye Wheat ===== Brewster Beacon ===== **Brewed:** 2018-10-16 \\ **Target OG:** 1.052 \\ **Strike hit:** 68C \\ **OG:** 1.056 \\ **FG:** \\ **ABV:** \\ **BrewTarget Recipe:** Tranbärs - Weizen/Weissbier (15A) ================================================================================ Batch Size 28,000 L Boil Size 31,000 L Boil Time 1,000 hr Efficiency 70% OG 1,052 sg FG 1,013 sg ABV 5,1% Bitterness 23,1 IBU (Tinseth) Color 4,8 srm (Morey) Fermentables ================================================================================ Name Type Amount Mashed Late Yield Color Weyermann - Pale Wheat Malt Grain 5,000 kg Yes No 85% 2,4 srm Weyermann - Rye Malt Grain 2,000 kg Yes No 85% 3,6 srm Total grain: 7,000 kg Hops ================================================================================ Name Alpha Amount Use Time Form IBU Kazbek 6,0% 30,000 g Boil 1,000 hr Pellet 15,3 Kazbek 6,0% 20,000 g Boil 30,000 min Pellet 7,8 Kazbek 6,0% 50,000 g Boil 0,000 s Pellet 0,0 Yeasts ================================================================================ Name Type Form Amount Stage Wyeast - American Ale II Ale Liquid 125,00 mL Primary Mash ================================================================================ Name Type Amount Temp Target Time mash Infusion 25,020 L 73,333 C 68,000 C 1 hr mash out Temperature --- --- 75,000 C 15 min sparge Fly Sparge 13,575 L 83,011 C 75,000 C 20 min **Brewday Notes:** \\ Brewed: 2018-10-16 \\ Liquor volume: 25L \\ Grain weight: 7 kg \\ Mash-in temp: 73.3C \\ Mash temp @ 0 minutes: 71.1C \\ Mash temp @ 10 minutes: 68.5C \\ Mash temp @ 25 minutes: 68.5C \\ Tun fullness: 30L \\ Extra head space: 6 L? \\ Mash wattage: 300W \\ Mash pH @ 20 min: 5.56 \\ Mash gravity @ 20 min: 1.036 @ 30C (1.038C) hydro / 9.6° P refract \\ Mash length: 1 hr \\ Mash out wattage: 400W \\ First runnings gravity: 11.6 °P refract / 1.060 hydro \\ First runnings pH: 5.48 \\ First runnings volume: 15L (after heavy stirring. turned to oatmeal) \\ Sparge volume: 13.5 L \\ Sparge water temp: 70C \\ Boil pH: 5.79 \\ Boil gravity: 11.2 °P refract / 1.052 hydro \\ Boil volume: 32L \\ Boil wattage: 1300W \\ Post-boil volume: 29.8L \\ Post-boil pH: 6.32 (?) \\ Post-boil gravity: 13 °P refract / 1.058 hydro \\ Fermenter volume: 28L \\ Pitched 5-hour 50g/500ml starter from saved yeast \\ Racked on top of 1.4kg frozen cranberries, boiled \\ \\ 3:45 from unpacking gear to starting chilling \\ 6 hours from unpacked to cleaned up \\ \\ No activity after 24 hours. Pitched a second vial of washed yeast without a starter. \\ Bubbling started 12 hours later, strong bubbles for 3 days. \\ \\ Bottled on 2018-10-24 (8 days): \\ TONS of yeast trub. 7L. over 1/4th of the bucket. \\ 21L in the bottling bucket \\ Assumed 25L, so primed with 130g sugar. Too much, too much. \\ FG too high, too. Possibly raised a strain of bad yeast, since Thermal Fuse was too high also. \\ FG: 1.022 (hydro, unadjusted) / 1.020 (hydro, adjusted) \\ FG: 7.8 °P (refract) \\ - Fits curve exactly with wort correction factor 0.94 \\ - 13° -> 13.83 °P, 1.056 \\ - 7.8° -> 4.98 °P, 1.020 \\ - ABV: 4.89% \\ **Tasting Notes:** \\