11 Oct 2020
- Water:
- 19 liters in the bucket fermenter
- Mash for 60 minutes with 19 liters at 65°C
- Mash for 15 minutes at 72°C
- Mash for 1 minute at 78°C
- Sparge up to 24 liters at 78°C
- 1/2 tablet of Protofloc, boil for 10 minutes
- Boil for 60 minutes
- Grain bill:
- 2.5 kg CHÂTEAU PALE ALE malt, bought from true.beer milled yesterday at 1.40 mm
- 0.2 kg CHÂTEAU CHOCOLAT malt
- 2.5 kg Viking Wheat Malt, bought from napravisibira.com
- Hops:
- 50 g Target, 7.5% alpha acids, boil for 10 minutes
- Yeast:
- Parameters:
- 65% efficiency
- Measured 1057 OG with Tilt hydrometer
- 1014 FG pending
- 5.5 % ABV pending
Note: Should have used caramel malt
28 Aug 2020
- Water:
- 20 liters in the Guten fermenter
- Mash for 60 minutes with 19 liters at 62°C
- Mash for 15 minutes at 67°C
- Mash for 1 minute at 78°C
- Sparge up to 24 liters at 78°C
- 1/2 tablet of Protofloc, boil for 10 minutes
- Boil for 60 minutes
- Grain bill:
- 5.0 kg Viking Pilsner Zero malt, bought from napravisibira.com milled yesterday at 1.40 mm
- Hops:
- 50 g Target, 7.5% alpha acids, boil for 60 minutes
- Yeast:
- Parameters:
- 69% efficiency
- Measured 1057 OG with Tilt hydrometer
- 1010 FG
- 6.2 % ABV
Note: This beer got infected with something that smelled like medicine, it was discarded. Probably the fermenter was not clean after the previous brew. The same recipe was brewed again on 16.09.2020 and was OK.