It was quite a busy week for me so I didn't find the time to report on my beer-related actions, but here I am:
First of all: I bottled 1.25 gal of Münchener Hell v1, brewed using two mash process. For the first time I harvested the yeast from a batch - let's see how this turns out. I spare you the details about cleaning the fermenter afterwards. Finally I prepared the next brewing day for v2, kettle mash with one simple infusion. Also I worked a bit on the drainage in my small batch system:
So now I have silicone tube pieces with some big holes in it underneath the cotton diaper connected with copper fittings improving the lautering -
if it looks stupid but it works, it ain't stupid!
The brewing afternoon the next day went pretty smooth, doing the same Münchener Hell recipe as last time, just with a simple infusion instead of double decoction - to compare the processes and results. The SG for the kettle full wort (is this the correct term?) was a bit higher than calculated, so I added some water to end at the same OG after boiling I had with the v1 batch.
Then chilling and filtering the trub (yes, again a cotton diaper), adding yeast and into the fridge the fermenting bucket went.
And finally: today I just sat on the couch, started to draft bottle labels for my beer lab "utility beer research kitchen" batches and wrote this update.
