cwhill
Well-Known Member
My first AG brew went pretty good in my opninon. I had a pretty decent plan in placed and I am excited now to taste the fruits of my labor. Only one equipment failure on the burner and I bought a new fryer so problem solved. The proces took ymabout 8 hours start to finish. The sparge time took longer than I thought. It drains very slowly is that normal? Sometimes only a trickle. Not sure what my efficencies are like and don't know if I'll try and calculate them. Seems like alot of work..=) In any case I pretty much followed the BeerSmith instruction and a little bit from this site http://www.suebob.com/brew/allgrain.htm and hopefully I end up with a great beer. Thanks to BierMuncher for what looks to be a great beer. The BeerSmith brew sheet is below. My gravities were higher than BierMuncher has in the recipe but dead on with what BeerSmith calculated. My gaviies are as follows:
Pre-Boil: 1.042
Post Boil/OG: 1.048
No sure why they are so much higher and hopefully that dosn't screw up the beer too much.
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Recipe: BierMuncher Centennial Blonde
Brewer:
Asst Brewer:
Style: Blonde Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 6.41 gal
Estimated OG: 1.047 SG
Estimated Color: 3.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 38.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
7 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 80.00 %
1 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 11.43 %
12.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 8.57 %
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (55 min) Hops 18.3 IBU
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (35 min) Hops 15.5 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min) Hops 3.1 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 1.0 IBU
1 Pkgs Nottingham Yeast (Lallemand #-) Yeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 8.75 lb
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Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 10.94 qt of water at 165.3 F 150.0 F
Pre-Boil: 1.042
Post Boil/OG: 1.048
No sure why they are so much higher and hopefully that dosn't screw up the beer too much.
**********************************************
Recipe: BierMuncher Centennial Blonde
Brewer:
Asst Brewer:
Style: Blonde Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 6.41 gal
Estimated OG: 1.047 SG
Estimated Color: 3.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 38.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
7 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 80.00 %
1 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 11.43 %
12.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 8.57 %
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (55 min) Hops 18.3 IBU
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (35 min) Hops 15.5 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min) Hops 3.1 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 1.0 IBU
1 Pkgs Nottingham Yeast (Lallemand #-) Yeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 8.75 lb
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Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 10.94 qt of water at 165.3 F 150.0 F