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Water Profile, HERMS water calcs. to come!

Mash Profile:
OktoberFEAST1.jpg


Water Chart:
OktoberFEAST.bmp


Water Profile:
Ca: 88 SO4: 11 Mg: 3 Na: 10 Cl: 2 HCO3: 156 Alky: 240

Buffer 5.2 in mash

A ProMash Brewing Session Report
--------------------------------

Brewing Date: Friday August 07, 2009

Recipe: OktoberFEAST

BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
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03-B European Amber Lager, Oktoberfest/Maerzen

Min OG: 1.050 Max OG: 1.056
Min IBU: 20 Max IBU: 28
Min Clr: 7 Max Clr: 14 Color in SRM, Lovibond

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 10.52
Anticipated OG: 1.056 Plato: 13.89
Anticipated SRM: 14.0
Anticipated IBU: 23.3
Brewhouse Efficiency: 82 %
Wort Boil Time: 100 Minutes

Actual OG: 1.056 Plato: 13.80
Actual FG: 1.015 Plato: 3.83

Alc by Weight: 4.21 by Volume: 5.41 From Measured Gravities.
ADF: 72.3 RDF 60.4 Apparent & Real Degree of Fermentation.

Actual Mash System Efficiency: 81 %
Anticipated Points From Mash: 56.39
Actual Points From Mash: 56.00


Pre-Boil Amounts
----------------

Evaporation Rate: 1.50 Gallons Per Hour

Raw Pre-Boil Amounts - only targeted volume/gravity and evaporation
rate taken into account:

Pre-Boil Wort Size: 8.00 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.039 SG 9.69 Plato

With sparge water, mash water, additional infusions, vessel losses, top-up
water and evaporation rate recorded in the Water Needed Calculator:

Water Needed Pre-Boil Wort Size: 8.00 Gal
Water Needed Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.039 SG 9.70 Plato


Formulas Used
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Brewhouse Efficiency and Predicted Gravity based on Method #1, Potential Used.
Final Gravity Calculation Based on Points.
Hard Value of Sucrose applied. Value for recipe: 46.2100 ppppg
Yield Type used in Gravity Prediction: Fine Grind Dry Basis.

Color Formula Used: Morey
Hop IBU Formula Used: Tinseth
Tinseth Concentration Factor: 1.30

Additional Utilization Used For Plug Hops: 2 %
Additional Utilization Used For Pellet Hops: 10 %


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
37.0 3.89 lbs. Pilsener Belgium 1.037 2
19.6 2.06 lbs. Vienna Malt Germany 1.037 3
17.4 1.83 lbs. Munich Malt(dark) Canada 1.034 20
8.7 0.91 lbs. Aromatic Malt Belgium 1.036 25
8.7 0.91 lbs. Crystal 20L America 1.035 20
8.7 0.91 lbs. Crystal 45L America 1.034 45

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.00 oz. Tettnanger Tettnang Pellet 3.30 13.1 100 min.
0.50 oz. Tettnanger Tettnang Pellet 3.30 5.6 45 min.
0.50 oz. Tettnanger Tettnang Pellet 3.30 4.7 30 min.


Yeast
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DCL Yeast S-04 SafAle English Ale


Mash Schedule
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Mash Name:

Total Grain Lbs: 10.52
Total Water Qts: 21.04 - Before Additional Infusions
Total Water Gal: 5.26 - Before Additional Infusions

Tun Thermal Mass: 0.00
Grain Temp: 68 F


Step Rest Start Stop Heat Infuse Infuse Infuse
Step Name Time Time Temp Temp Type Temp Amount Ratio
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sacc. 5 55 158 158 Infuse 166 21.04 2.00
Mashout 20 25 168 168 Direct --- ------- ----


Total Water Qts: 21.04 - After Additional Infusions
Total Water Gal: 5.26 - After Additional Infusions
Total Mash Volume Gal: 6.10 - After Additional Infusions

All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.
All infusion amounts are in Quarts.
All infusion ratios are Quarts/Lbs.


Water Needed For Brewing Session
--------------------------------

Sparge Amount: 5.50 Sparge Deadspace: 0.00 Total Into Mash: 5.50

Total Grain Lbs: 10.52 Qts Per Lbs: 2.00 Total From Mash: 4.00
Mash Gallons: 5.26
Grain Absorption: 1.26

Amount Lost in Lauter Tun Deadspace,
Grant and Misc. to Kettle: 1.50

Top Up Water Added to Kettle: 0.00
Amount into Kettle: 8.00

Boil Time (min): 100.00 Evaporation Rate: 1.50
Amount after Boil: 5.50

Left in Kettle Deadspace: 0.30
Left in Hopback: 0.00
Left in Counterflow Chiller: 0.00
Left in Other Equipment / Other Absorption: 0.00

Amount to Chillers: 5.20
Amount After Cooling (4 perc.): 4.99



Grain absorption rate is: 0.12 (Gallons Per Lbs)

Evaporation rate is Gallons Per Hour

This formulation will yield 4.99 gallons of fermentable wort.

You will need 10.76 gallons of water for the complete brewing session.


Efficiency Specifics
--------------------
Recipe Efficiency Setting: 82 %


With sparge water, mash water, additional infusions, vessel losses, top-up
water and evaporation rate recorded in the Water Needed Calculator:

Target Volume (Gal): 8.00
Estimated OG: 1.039 Plato: 9.70


Raw Pre-Boil Targets - only targeted volume/gravity and evaporation
rate taken into account:

Target Volume (Gal): 8.00
Estimated OG: 1.039 Plato: 9.69


Post-Boil Targets:

Target Volume (Gal): 5.50
Estimated OG: 1.056 Plato: 13.89


Recorded Actuals - Measurement Taken In Kettle:

Recorded Volume (Gal): 5.50
Recorded OG: 1.056 Plato: 13.80


At 100 percent extraction from the maximum mash potential:

Total Points: 68.76
Points From Mash: 68.76
Points From Extract/Sugar: 0.00


With the recipe efficiency setting, you should have achieved:

Total Points: 56.39
Points From Mash: 56.39
Points From Extract/Sugar: 0.00


Actuals achieved were:

Actual Points From Mash: 56.00
Actual Mash System Efficiency: 81


Fermentation Specifics
----------------------

Pitched From: Starter
Amount Pitched: 10 mL
Lag Time: 24.00 hours

Primary Fermenter: Plastic
Primary Type: Closed
Days In Primary: 14
Primary Temperature: 65 degrees F

Secondary Fermenter: Stainless Steel
Secondary Type: Closed
Days In Secondary: 28
Secondary Temperature: 65 degrees F

Original Gravity: 1.056 SG 13.80 Plato
Finishing Gravity: 1.015 SG 3.83 Plato


Bottling/Kegging Specifics
--------------------------

Bottling Date: Thursday September 17, 2009
Desired Carbonation Level: 2.30 Volumes CO2
Fermentation Temperature: 65 F

Amount Kegged: 5.00 Gallons
Days Conditioned: 0
Carbonation Method: Forced
Carbonation Temperature: 38 F
Pressure Used: 9.15 Psi


Inventory Analysis
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Grain/Malt/Extract/Sugar Origin Recipe Lbs Lbs In Stock Lbs Needed
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pilsener Belgium 3.89 4.50 0.00
Vienna Malt Germany 2.06 4.75 0.00
Munich Malt(dark) Canada 1.83 6.00 0.00
Aromatic Malt Belgium 0.91 1.00 0.00
Crystal 20L America 0.91 1.50 0.00
Crystal 45L America 0.91 4.00 0.00


Hop Origin Recipe Oz Oz In Stock Oz Needed
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tettnanger Tettnang - Pellet Germany 1.00 4.60 0.00
Tettnanger Tettnang - Pellet Germany 0.50 3.60 0.00
Tettnanger Tettnang - Pellet Germany 0.50 3.10 0.00


Extras Recipe In Stock Needed
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Yeast Recipe In Stock Needed
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SafAle English Ale 1.00 2.00 0.00
(DCL Yeast S-04)
 
In order to mash in at 7am, I am getting the HLT filled up, grain crushed and salts measured tonight...

Typically makes for a speedy brew day.

Mash IN: 7am
Mash OUT: 7:55am
Sparge BEGIN: 8:20am
Sparge END: 9am
Boil BEGIN: 9:10am
Boil END: 11am
Brew Complete 11:20am

Doc. appt. at 1pm.
 
I need to try not to drink anything but coffee while brewcasting, I have learned.
 
Salts measured
Hops Measured
Grain measured and crushed at .036"
HLT full
HLT heating to 178F for MLT heating/strike

Gnight all, see you in the morning:ban:
 
Nothing is on a timer... the HLT was just ON from about 10pm til now, 6:20am... to prepare the strike.
 
Roasting some coffee now to get me through the morning...:p

EDIT: As soon as the beans were roasted, the roaster died... sweet. I am done with buying roasters though.
 
4:20 to get 5.5 gallons at 1.057 into the fermentor.
 
Yah, no one really watched the brewcast today... so, I may stop doing them, to save some hassle.
 
Well, the DL on the brew day is this...

Pre-planning helped a lot. 4:20 was the time it took with a 100 minute boil to get the 5.5 gallons into the fermentor.

Eff. was 82%
OG was 1.057 or 14.8 Brix

The RWS OG was 1.039, this was one quart and used S-04
 
Well Mike...

The last (2) Brewcasts have had about 2 viewers, who have only viewed for a matter of minutes. My first brewcast had about 20+ viewers.

Some things I noticed on this go around:

Very helpful to just leave the HLT ON all night prior to the brew session, once it is heated, the element only cycles on once every 30 minutes anyway.

1 gal/min. recirculation speed will work (keep ramping it up after each session)

Paid attention to the mashout phase. Took HLT 10 minutes to ramp from 162F to 173F for the mashout while recirculating. Took the grain bed 25 minutes to reach 166F.

Sparge, meh... nothin to report here, took 40 minutes to fly sparge and collect 8 gallons.

From the boil... well it is nice to have a refractometer. Not only for the pre-boil gravity, but also for gravity readings as the boil progresses. Took 13 minutes to reach a boil. Also, placed my sparge water salts into the boil this time, not the sparge water... duh. Oh, and I am adjusting my boil off from 1.5/gal hour to about 1.35 gal/hour.

4:20 with cleanup is the fastest that I have ever brewed, dont think I can speed it up any more as long as my boils are so long.
 
Ok. i thought you were going for a true O-fest.


my bad

Similar to Sacc. and his OktoberFAST... it is an ale, otherwise I would have used a Maarzen yeast and tied up my freezer for a while with it.
 
Been chugging along for about 24 hours now at 65F
 
Excellent.
We have a local brewery that dosent like to tie up 15 bbl fermenters with lagers either. They do the very same thing and brew it at ale temps. The head brewer is a stickler for styles and as such they call it a Fallfest.

I made one the same day as you and did my first decoction. It just started bubbling this morning, but I am also using a strain of yeast not avaliable to homebrewers, perhaps we shall see why soon.
 
By the time I got on the video feed was gone... you are up WAY earlier than the rest of us. ;)

I love to brew early... I mean, cleaning up by 11am or so is awesome, so I need to start at like 6:30am.
 
Well a week into it, we are down to 8.8 Brix, or 1.021. I fermented plenty cold, I will check in a week or so to see where we stand.
 
Wait, you make the coffee right after the roast??

Typically I wait 12-24 hours, but when I get home from a 4 day trip in the middle of the night and wants fresh coffee in the morning, I roast and brew immediately in the morning. Honestly, I dont taste a difference.
 
Interesting. I always wait 2-4 days. I tasted once right after roasting and found it to be very acidic - but it could also be the fact that I thought it was supposed to taste acidic so who knows.

I do know that roasters will taste right after a roast to work on blends. Maybe I should do a side by side comparison.

Great off topic discussion!
 
It would be nice if LiveStream (or you) could save a copy of the video recorded to put on Youtube or some other site. I want to see your E-HERMS in action and always miss my chance....
 
I will be doing another brewcast here in a week or so. I will get it posted sooner than later.
 
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