Tophe
Well-Known Member
So yesterday I went to brew my PM lawnmower recipe I made up. Things started going wrong when I burned my arm preheating the MLT...
Heres the recipe I was going for. Went for a SI, medium body mash.
3 lbs 12.0 oz Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 45.5 %
3 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 36.4 %
1 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 12.1 %
8.0 oz Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 6.1 %
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50%] (60 min) Hops 19.9 IBU
0.50 oz Hallertauer [4.80%] (15 min) Hops 4.3 IBU
0.50 oz Hallertauer [4.80%] (5 min) Hops 1.7 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs East Coast Ale (White Labs #WLP008) Yeast-Ale
First mistake was I read the wrong temp from my brew sheat and was about 5 degrees high on my strike temp. (169, was suppose to be 164). I got it cooled down after a while by adding cold water. Then with about 12 mins left in the mash, I looked in my box and saw a 1/2 lb bag of grain sitting there, and thought "oh $HI*" I forgot it. It was a .5 lb of dextrine. I quickly added it and mashed for an extra 20 mins.
Heres where I really felt stupid...I realized that half pound was the OTHER half pould of the pound I had already bought. So I used 1 lb of dextrine.
Everything else went pretty well after that..Fermentation took off in 2 hours. The beer looks much darker than was expected....Is this because of the longer mash, higher temp, and extra dextrine?
I plan to make this again soon, but without these mistakes.
Heres the recipe I was going for. Went for a SI, medium body mash.
3 lbs 12.0 oz Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 45.5 %
3 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 36.4 %
1 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 12.1 %
8.0 oz Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 6.1 %
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50%] (60 min) Hops 19.9 IBU
0.50 oz Hallertauer [4.80%] (15 min) Hops 4.3 IBU
0.50 oz Hallertauer [4.80%] (5 min) Hops 1.7 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs East Coast Ale (White Labs #WLP008) Yeast-Ale
First mistake was I read the wrong temp from my brew sheat and was about 5 degrees high on my strike temp. (169, was suppose to be 164). I got it cooled down after a while by adding cold water. Then with about 12 mins left in the mash, I looked in my box and saw a 1/2 lb bag of grain sitting there, and thought "oh $HI*" I forgot it. It was a .5 lb of dextrine. I quickly added it and mashed for an extra 20 mins.
Heres where I really felt stupid...I realized that half pound was the OTHER half pould of the pound I had already bought. So I used 1 lb of dextrine.
Everything else went pretty well after that..Fermentation took off in 2 hours. The beer looks much darker than was expected....Is this because of the longer mash, higher temp, and extra dextrine?
I plan to make this again soon, but without these mistakes.