mjohnson
Well-Known Member
I’ve done 2 extract batches (just bottled my first) and in honor of National Homebrewer’s Day this Saturday, I’ve planned to get together with my buddies and brew some beer, drink some beer, and eat some grillables.
This will be my first extract batch. We have a 7.5 gallon turkey fryer and I’m putting together the easy do-it-yourself 10 gallon Rubbermaid MLT.
I’m not getting stressed about it or anything – whatever happens, we’ll have made beer, but I want to run through the brew day so I can print it out and not have to remember everything. That said, I wouldn’t mind a sanity check to make sure I’m not doing anything crazy. In particular, I'm curious if my mash in temps are correct.
Recipe
5 gallon batch of Northern Brewers’ Twisted Enkle kit
-- 7-lbs.-Belgian-Pilsner
-- 0.75-lbs-Belgian-Cara-8
-- 0.25-lbs-Biscuit-malt
Potential ~286
-- 1-oz-Hersbrucker-@-60”
-- 0.5-oz-Saaz-@-60”
-- 0.5-oz-Saaz-@-5”
Wyeast 3864 Canadian/Belgian Ale.
Target OG of 1.040
Process
Look ok?
This will be my first extract batch. We have a 7.5 gallon turkey fryer and I’m putting together the easy do-it-yourself 10 gallon Rubbermaid MLT.
I’m not getting stressed about it or anything – whatever happens, we’ll have made beer, but I want to run through the brew day so I can print it out and not have to remember everything. That said, I wouldn’t mind a sanity check to make sure I’m not doing anything crazy. In particular, I'm curious if my mash in temps are correct.
Recipe
5 gallon batch of Northern Brewers’ Twisted Enkle kit
-- 7-lbs.-Belgian-Pilsner
-- 0.75-lbs-Belgian-Cara-8
-- 0.25-lbs-Biscuit-malt
Potential ~286
-- 1-oz-Hersbrucker-@-60”
-- 0.5-oz-Saaz-@-60”
-- 0.5-oz-Saaz-@-5”
Wyeast 3864 Canadian/Belgian Ale.
Target OG of 1.040
Process
- Mash0min 2.6 gallons of strike water at 161* for a mash temp of 149. Was going to heat water to 185 and let the cooler absorb some until 160. Will add grain to water while stirring
- Mash20min heat 5.25 gallons of sparge water to 180.
- Mash60min Vorlauf until clear and drain first runnings
- After 1st runnings, measure amount of wort and subtrack from 6.25 gallons (assuming 1.25 gallons boil off) to get the amount of sparge water needed.
- Add half the required sparge water, stir, steep for 2 minutes, vorlauf, and drain.
- Add remaining half the required sparge water, stir, steep for 2 minutes, vorlauf, and drain.
- Take gravity measurement and record
- Boil0min Add all wort to boil kettle and bring to a boil
- Boil0min Add 1 oz Hersbrucker and .5 oz Saaz
- Boil45min Add Immersion Chiller to boil
- Boil55min Add .5 oz Saaz
- Boil60min Add .5 oz of coriander seeds
- Chill to 60.
- Take gravity measurement
- Aerate the heck out of it via shaking.
- Pitch yeast package (not doing starters yet… I’ll get there)
Look ok?