Brew #7 was new years eve afternoon, made another batch of porter (4th batch)
1 1/2 pounds pale malt
1/2 pound chocolate malt
1/4 pound black patent
1/2 pound caramel 60L
1 cup instant oatmeal
6 pounds LME
1 oz fuggles hops (60 min)
did a partial mash with the grains--I'm still not very good at keeping the temp level.
boiled off too much--added about 1/2 gallon cool water to return it to 5 gal.
Post boil OG was 1.060 at 68F
put this onto the yeast cake (S-33) from the previous porter batch and bubbled O2 through it for 5 min.
No airlock activity for 36 hours, so I checked this morning--
SG now 1.026! looks like my airlock and lid don't seal very well,
don't trust your air lock.
t
1 1/2 pounds pale malt
1/2 pound chocolate malt
1/4 pound black patent
1/2 pound caramel 60L
1 cup instant oatmeal
6 pounds LME
1 oz fuggles hops (60 min)
did a partial mash with the grains--I'm still not very good at keeping the temp level.
boiled off too much--added about 1/2 gallon cool water to return it to 5 gal.
Post boil OG was 1.060 at 68F
put this onto the yeast cake (S-33) from the previous porter batch and bubbled O2 through it for 5 min.
No airlock activity for 36 hours, so I checked this morning--
SG now 1.026! looks like my airlock and lid don't seal very well,
don't trust your air lock.
t