Style: Weissbier

Bentleybrau Brewery's Tranbärs

Cranberry Rye Wheat

Brewed: 2018-10-16
Target OG: 1.052
Strike hit: 68C
OG: 1.056
FG:
ABV:

BrewTarget Recipe:

Tranbärs - Weizen/Weissbier (15A)
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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
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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
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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
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Name                      Type  Form    Amount     Stage    
Wyeast - American Ale II  Ale   Liquid  125,00 mL  Primary  

Mash
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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

1. 13° → 13.83 °P, 1.056
   
2. 7.8° → 4.98 °P, 1.020
   
3. ABV: 4.89%
   

Tasting Notes: