Poindexter
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***I worked from the steep/ extract recipe, post #65 in the big thread, brewed before the handy kit was availabel from Austin. YMMV.
Standing by to pitch, screwed the pooch a couple times but I think I'll end up with "beer". This "can" be done with a starter kit of hardware. Long day, but it can be done.
1. My current contract is up 01-22-08, I don't see getting a beer this big through 2° into bottles if I wait until 01-01-08 to brew and my contract doesn't renew; so I did it on T-giving weekend during the 2007 holidays. Expecting roughly 15 days in primary and 30 in secondary I am still cutting it fine.
2. Flame on to chilling wort for us PM guys was 7 hours, I ran two boils at 2.5 gal each. My stove can handle 3 gal but not 5.
3. I bumped the "0.33#" grains up to 6 ozs each, my total grains were 4.25# instead of 4.07. My efficiency is ~lousy~ I got 4.75gal of 1.022 out of my "lauter tun".
4. The hops specified in BrewPastor's recipe are pellets. I of course bought leaf and missed the 10% conversion factor, so I pulled 2 HBUs of Amarillo out of my freezer for the (60), and 1.4HBU of Hallertau for the (10) and (5). I don't think 2.0HBUs of Amarillo is going to kill me, but it kinda sucks since it was preventable.
5. I used 9# of LME and 1# of liquid wheat malt extract, added at flameout with a ten minute steep.
6. My wort came in at 5.25 gal and 1.081 right before pitching. From tasting the wort in my hydrometer vial I think it is going to be darn good, but I started the fire at 0700 and got to the chiller at 1300. Long day.
7. I am pitching White labs WPL-001 with a 36 hour start in 1qt H2O + 1/2 cup DME. Looking at the 5gal of motor oil and the one quart of yeast I am thinking a longer bigger yeast would have been a good idea.
Have fun with this one folks, I sure did.
EDIT: I stuck this in extract instead of PM for the encouragement of the n00bs. PM recipes are like making tea with a tea bag (PG tips or Lipton's, doesn't matter) and boiling water. The only thing is for PM beer you need a thermometer and a timer and a hydrometer. As PM beers go this was a SOB, but not impossible. Also, I am not sure if this wasn't just a big steep rather than a Pm or mini-mash.
EDIT II: I pitched at 1400, was up at 0200 for more cough syrup (you don't this thing going around), found my RIS was bubbling merrily 12 hours after pitching. This morning, after 17 hours the temp is at 78°F on the side of the fermenter bucket. I am absolutely torn on whether I should or should not have made a bigger starter. I guess not since I pitched WPL001 as instructed and it is running hot...
EDIT III: I don't have a way to regulate my ferment temp, but I can record it. Lesse, 0224 on 11-26-07 it was bubbling merrily, 0630 T= 78F. 11-27-07 0630 T= 76-78°F. 11-28-07 0630 T= 74°F. 11-29-07 0630, T= 74°F, 11-30-07 72-74°F, I think I am glad I didn't pitch any more yeast than I did, this is running hot enough. FWIW my house thermostat is at 74. I am going to let it go in primary another week.
Standing by to pitch, screwed the pooch a couple times but I think I'll end up with "beer". This "can" be done with a starter kit of hardware. Long day, but it can be done.
1. My current contract is up 01-22-08, I don't see getting a beer this big through 2° into bottles if I wait until 01-01-08 to brew and my contract doesn't renew; so I did it on T-giving weekend during the 2007 holidays. Expecting roughly 15 days in primary and 30 in secondary I am still cutting it fine.
2. Flame on to chilling wort for us PM guys was 7 hours, I ran two boils at 2.5 gal each. My stove can handle 3 gal but not 5.
3. I bumped the "0.33#" grains up to 6 ozs each, my total grains were 4.25# instead of 4.07. My efficiency is ~lousy~ I got 4.75gal of 1.022 out of my "lauter tun".
4. The hops specified in BrewPastor's recipe are pellets. I of course bought leaf and missed the 10% conversion factor, so I pulled 2 HBUs of Amarillo out of my freezer for the (60), and 1.4HBU of Hallertau for the (10) and (5). I don't think 2.0HBUs of Amarillo is going to kill me, but it kinda sucks since it was preventable.
5. I used 9# of LME and 1# of liquid wheat malt extract, added at flameout with a ten minute steep.
6. My wort came in at 5.25 gal and 1.081 right before pitching. From tasting the wort in my hydrometer vial I think it is going to be darn good, but I started the fire at 0700 and got to the chiller at 1300. Long day.
7. I am pitching White labs WPL-001 with a 36 hour start in 1qt H2O + 1/2 cup DME. Looking at the 5gal of motor oil and the one quart of yeast I am thinking a longer bigger yeast would have been a good idea.
Have fun with this one folks, I sure did.
EDIT: I stuck this in extract instead of PM for the encouragement of the n00bs. PM recipes are like making tea with a tea bag (PG tips or Lipton's, doesn't matter) and boiling water. The only thing is for PM beer you need a thermometer and a timer and a hydrometer. As PM beers go this was a SOB, but not impossible. Also, I am not sure if this wasn't just a big steep rather than a Pm or mini-mash.
EDIT II: I pitched at 1400, was up at 0200 for more cough syrup (you don't this thing going around), found my RIS was bubbling merrily 12 hours after pitching. This morning, after 17 hours the temp is at 78°F on the side of the fermenter bucket. I am absolutely torn on whether I should or should not have made a bigger starter. I guess not since I pitched WPL001 as instructed and it is running hot...
EDIT III: I don't have a way to regulate my ferment temp, but I can record it. Lesse, 0224 on 11-26-07 it was bubbling merrily, 0630 T= 78F. 11-27-07 0630 T= 76-78°F. 11-28-07 0630 T= 74°F. 11-29-07 0630, T= 74°F, 11-30-07 72-74°F, I think I am glad I didn't pitch any more yeast than I did, this is running hot enough. FWIW my house thermostat is at 74. I am going to let it go in primary another week.