Willsellout

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Well if any of you know, I have been having a lot of difficulty nailing my AG regime and getting consistent results. Some of this definitely my screwups and other variables are out of my hands. Either way, I decided to try once more. So here is the recipe based on Edworts Haus APA.
9.5 lbs 2 row
2 lbs Vienna
.5 lbs crystal 10
1.5 oz cascade (Bittering)
1 oz Amarillo (Aroma, flavor)

so I wanted this to be a very aromatic beer but no overly bitter so Ed's recipe was perfect because it was also a simple and straightforward brew day.
I don't anticipate any issues on this one, I feel I've prepared more than my other brews. I've located the taste issues with my beers and identified where I went wrong to get those off flavors. I've also measured my kettle and 1 gal increments so I know where my volume is. I also plan on taking first running gravity points as well as pre boil. Another change is Instead of continuing to sparge until I have my volume I will just top up. I think this is where I got my grainy and husky off flavors from on my last beers. I will also make sure and do a conversion test as an added measure.

Thus far I have doughed in and hit my mash temp of 152 perfectly, which is a first for me. The 10 gal cooler is so much bigger and better. It's nice not having to worry about mash volumes. I will keep this updated as the brewday progresses.

So that's it, thanks to the board for changing my mind..hopefully it goes well.


Dan

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FlyGuy

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Brew on brother! Best of luck!

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Willsellout

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OK so based on my initial and pre boil runnings I estimate I will have about a 71% efficiency. Which is good, but means the beer is going to be a lot higher ABV than I thought. everything is going really smooth. I collected what I shot for 6.5 gal as well.

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BierMuncher

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I did my own variation on the Haus Ale and it smells great. Just Cascade though. I'd love to try Amarillo hops. Sounds like you're on your way to a good boil. You may not be drinking right now because you're focused....but do you mind if I pull a pint?

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Fingers

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Boil on, little grasshopper. You haven't failed until you quit. I think you need to mail out samples so we can all see how well you did. Barring that, maybe some pics?

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Willsellout

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OK so I'm all cleaned up and it's in the fermenter in just under 6 hours. The boil went great, I collected a bit over 6.5 gallons. At the end of the boil, I cooled and transferred into the fermenter and found that the hopstopper leaves approximately a 3/4 gallon in the pot with the hops sucking up about another .25 gallon which left me with about 4 gallons in the fermenter. So I quickly sanitized a strainer and bucket and strained into the bucket and collected another 3/4 of a gallon or so. So I didn't hit my target volume but I've made adjustments in brewsmith to account for that. I should be able to dial everything in on my next brew. So here are the numbers
Initial runnings: 1.071
Second runnings: 1.028
Pre boil: 1.049
OG: 1.058

So if Brewsmith is correct it has me at about 65% efficiency if I'm reading it right. It has me at 76% efficiency into the boiler but at 65% based on volume and OG. Not sure which one to take as my efficiency?


I took some pictures, I'll see about adding them to the gallery later on.


Dan

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LouT

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Glad to see you hung in there. Your misgivings after 3 "less than great" batches had me wondering if I will ever make the leap to AG. For now I'm keeping the faith. Hope it comes out great!

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Willsellout

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Well after going through my systems and practices I discovered a lot of problems with my routine. Pretty much the only thing that was not my fault was a bad crush on a couple batches. Eveything else was me. This last brewday went great and I took excellent notes.



Dan

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Bernie Brewer

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You can fix that, too. Buy a grain mill, like a Barley Crusher or Crankandstien(that's the one I have).

Yay! More toys!!!

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LouT

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Glad to hear it went better and you're figuring things out! Now go have a homebrew!

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Secondary - nothing, back after year plus hiatus
Keg carbing & conditioning - nada
Drinking - store bought: Loose Cannon IPA, Wachusett IPA.
On deck: Trying to decide (beer); wine kit likely (red wine)