Brewing Circle City Haus Ale

Getting Jr Ready for school today, water is heating in the HLT, pics and commentary to come. I am adding .25lbs more carapils, mashing at 150F and moving the 5 minute hop addition to FWH.

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: US-05
Yeast Starter: NO
Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: NO
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.3
Original Gravity: 1.041 (1.042)
Final Gravity: 1.010 (1.011)
Boiling Time (Minutes): 90
IBU: 18.2 (24.1)
Color: 4.4 (4.7SRM)
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 10
Additional Fermentation: o
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): o
Tasting Notes: Light, citrus, carb it up well to make it dance on your tongue, really refreshing!


7 lbs 2-Row
.75 lbs Carapils
.50 lbs Crystal 15L
.50 lbs Vienna

FWH .25oz Cascade Leaf (7.4AA)
.25 oz Cascade Leaf (7.4AA) @ 90 min
.25 oz Cascade Leaf (7.4AA) @ 35 min
.25 oz Cascade Leaf (7.4AA) @ 20 min
.25 oz Cascade Leaf (7.4AA) @ 05 min (OMIT)

Mash 152F for 60 mins (150F)
Mashout 168F for 15 mins
Runoff 7.4 gallons
Boil 90 mins
Post-boil 5.3 gallons

Yeast: Rehydrated US-05/Nottingham/WLP001 etc...

Ferment 65F

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Primary- Orange Cascade APA
Secondary- AIR
Keg1- Centennial Blonde
Keg2- Oktoberfest
Keg3- Christmas Spice
Keg4- Fire In The Hole
Keg5- AIR
Keg6- AIR
Keg7- AIR
Keg8- AIR

I am heating 9.5 gallons to 173F in my HLT. I will then transfer 2.8 gallons of this water to the MLT and let it preheat the tun, and cool to 163F before mashing in.
While the MLT is preheating I will add the remaining 1.5 gallons of water which is at 58F to the remaining 173F water in the HLT, equalizing the temp at 153F, the temp at which I can begin to recirculate my mash through the HERMS coil.(I have a spreadsheet that calculates this) At this time I will rest my JC419 to 153F for the remainder of the mash.

11 gallons water total
Pre-boil volume 7.4
90-min boil
Post-boil volume 5.3

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Primary- Orange Cascade APA
Secondary- AIR
Keg1- Centennial Blonde
Keg2- Oktoberfest
Keg3- Christmas Spice
Keg4- Fire In The Hole
Keg5- AIR
Keg6- AIR
Keg7- AIR
Keg8- AIR

An early start to a good weekday brewday. Im jealous, I have to go get a sod cutter and resod a section of my yard today and tomorrow. I would much rather be brewing...

Good luck, I hope all goes well for you today!

I will get pics and vids up in a bit... mash is complete, ramping up to mashout.....

Grain Bill


Heating HLT


Heating HLT



Inside HLT

More

BUFFER 5.2 addition


Recirculating 149.9F for 60 mins!

Looks tasty!

Dude, your system is off the hook. I wish I could get it together enough to come up with something like that.

Thanks, it is 3 years of brewing experience and lots of $$. Coolers matched up with HERMS give me some excellent temp control, ability to adjust temp, and superior wort clarity. I love it!

Before I built it I would do an AG brew about once every 6 weeks, now
I average 3/month!

The 90 minute boil is complete, it is chilling now, fermentor is ready to go, the yeasties (US-05) are rehydrating in some warm 1.007 wort. Pics and another vid to come....

POL

Here are some pics!

Dry hopped my APA today!




Keggle ready for wort!

More!

FWH



CLEAR WORT! HERMS


Cleaning the HERMS

Here are the final details on the brew day!

4:45 MIN brew day

Mashed at 1.25 qt/lb
60 minute mash @ 150F
20 minute mash out @ 168F
40 minute sparge @ 168F

Collected 7.4 gallons @ 1.031
90 minute boil
Post boil volume 5.3 gallons @ 1.042 (adjusted for temp)

70% eff. (which is all I can do with the crush I get on these grains GRRR!) I hate seeing whole kernels in the grain bill...

Here she is!!


Primary- Circle City Haus Ale
Secondary- Orange Cascade APA (dry hop)
Keg1- Centennial Blonde (On tap)
Keg2- Oktoberfest (On tap)
Keg3- Christmas Spice
Keg4- Fire In The Hole
Keg5- AIR
Keg6- AIR
Keg7- AIR
Keg8- AIR