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Title: #0025 German Stout |
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| Boil Size: 6.75 Gal |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.066 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation Date: 04/16/2017 02:12 PM |
Notes: 4-16-2017
Brewday. What a mess. I'm not sure if it was being unfamiliar with darker malts, or that I ground my grain too fine, but the bag became clogged within a few minutes. Pretty much had to stir and scrape the bag for the entire 90 min mash. The upside to this is that is that I hit 80% efficiency, my highest ever. And this beer is going to now be an 8.5% monster.
Also had some wild temp fluctuations while trying to figure out why my sparge was sticking. 1st I forgot to turn the heat down to 156 while adding grain, so it stayed at 165 for a couple of minutes. Then, when everything was getting backed up, the top kettle temp dropped into the 130's while the bottom temp probe showed 154. Eventually, with a lot of stirring, it all evened out about 30 minutes into the mash.
OG = 1.080
4-17-2017
Rehydrated and pitched the K-97 at the same time as the US-05 for the Garage Floor IPA.
5-15-2017
Transferred to keg. FG=1.021, 7.74% ABV
7-14-2017
Finally finished this off. Was a very smooth drinking stout for my first try. Next time try some vanilla and a little less of the chocolate roast flavor. |
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