blefferd
Well-Known Member
well i decided to try a single Decot. while brewing today, it went easy enough. this was my second AG batch and all went well till i went to rack to the fermenter.. this was the grain bill and hop schedule.
8lbs 2row something, i forget what the guy at the HBS said it was lol and i forgot to get the detailed recept anyways im making a SN Pale Ale Clone.
3/4 lb Crystal 60L
1/2lb CaraPils
2 OZ Perle Pellets
2OZ Cascade WHOLE hops
i mashed in with 3 gallons at 122 for a protien rest, then after around 10-15mins i took out 3 quarts of Grain and around 4 quarts of wort (maybe more i didnt measure it just wingining it lol) boiled that for around 20 mins added it back to the mash tun and that brought the temp up to around 155-156 then let it sit for around an hour or so and did a sparge with 4 gallons of water at 160-164 (im not even sure if you are supposed to sparge when decot mash lol) anyways, i did a 75 min boil, and added 1 1/2 oz of the Perle hops and around 60mins added another 1/2 oz of them. with 15mins left i added 1oz of the Cascade hops then another 1oz at 7 mins
well after everything was cooled off and ready to rack there where so many hops in the bottom of the kettle that i couldnt syphon out because the hops kept plugging up my syphon. so i finally get pissed and use this hop strainer bag and end up dumping about 1/4 of the crud dumped into the primary! grrr so im really pissed now so i go and sanitize another bucket and syphon the rest of the beer from the first primary to my new one and now i have to add around 2 gallons of water to top off the loss to the hops/turb in the kettle and primary! aghhh anyways if this batch comes out ok itll be amazing!
8lbs 2row something, i forget what the guy at the HBS said it was lol and i forgot to get the detailed recept anyways im making a SN Pale Ale Clone.
3/4 lb Crystal 60L
1/2lb CaraPils
2 OZ Perle Pellets
2OZ Cascade WHOLE hops
i mashed in with 3 gallons at 122 for a protien rest, then after around 10-15mins i took out 3 quarts of Grain and around 4 quarts of wort (maybe more i didnt measure it just wingining it lol) boiled that for around 20 mins added it back to the mash tun and that brought the temp up to around 155-156 then let it sit for around an hour or so and did a sparge with 4 gallons of water at 160-164 (im not even sure if you are supposed to sparge when decot mash lol) anyways, i did a 75 min boil, and added 1 1/2 oz of the Perle hops and around 60mins added another 1/2 oz of them. with 15mins left i added 1oz of the Cascade hops then another 1oz at 7 mins
well after everything was cooled off and ready to rack there where so many hops in the bottom of the kettle that i couldnt syphon out because the hops kept plugging up my syphon. so i finally get pissed and use this hop strainer bag and end up dumping about 1/4 of the crud dumped into the primary! grrr so im really pissed now so i go and sanitize another bucket and syphon the rest of the beer from the first primary to my new one and now i have to add around 2 gallons of water to top off the loss to the hops/turb in the kettle and primary! aghhh anyways if this batch comes out ok itll be amazing!