Double SMaSH

[369Brewer]

Hey all,

After taking about a year off from brewing (twins!!!), my wonderful wife is giving me a day to brew as a father's day present. As it has been a while and because I was getting a little carried away with gimmicks and additions with my previous batches (jalepeno cream ale), I wanted to get back to basics and make a SMaSH. And, since I have the whole day to myself, I thought I might try to get in two brews. I want to do a Saison and an American Pale Ale. I want to use the same pale base malt for both (most likely Briess, as that is what they have at the LHBS). For the pale ale I was leaning towards Centennial with US-05 and for the Saison I was looking at Saaz (open to suggestions) with Wyeast 3711. I haven't had a chance to sit down with Beersmith yet, so I'm not sure on the numbers. Does anybody have any suggestions/advice? Am I crazy to think I can mash and boil two times in one day?

 

[Sadu]

Go for it. It will depend a lot on what gear you have but shouldnt add more than 2 hours Max to brew day. Plus you don't need to clean the mash tun or kettle twice.

I actually have 2 kettles, I could in theory boil one on the stove and one outside at the same time. The bottleneck for me is the wort chiller but maybe a 90 main boil on one and 60 on the other and that problem goes away.

I think a double brew day is all about timing and planning. But if you aren't bottling then its a lot of waiting around in between kettle additions so why not put down 2 brews while you can.

 

[369Brewer]

Plus you don't need to clean the mash tun or kettle twice.

I actually didn't think about that until just now:rockin:

 

[369Brewer]

These are the two recipes I came up with now that I've had a few minutes to sit down with Beersmith. I know from experience that my mash efficiency tends to be low, so I compensated by adding a few pounds of Pale malt to each recipe.

Recipe: SMaSH Centennial Pale Ale
Brewer: Kevin Inman
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 6.86 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.36 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.90 gal
Estimated OG: 1.063 SG
Estimated Color: 4.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 44.6 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 74.2 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1.00 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 1 -
12 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 100.0 %
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 37.7 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 4 -
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 5 6.8 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 6 -
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 10.0 Days Hop 7 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 12 lbs
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 15.60 qt of water at 163.2 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (1.04gal, 3.50gal) of 168.0 F water

AND...........

Recipe: SMaSH Saison
Brewer: Kevin Inman
Asst Brewer:
Style: Saison
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 6.86 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.36 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.90 gal
Estimated OG: 1.063 SG
Estimated Color: 4.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 33.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 74.2 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1.00 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 1 -
12 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 100.0 %
1.00 oz Opal [6.50 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 3 27.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Opal [6.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 4 6.1 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 5 -
3.0 pkg French Saison (Wyeast Labs #3711) [50.28 Yeast 6 -
0.50 oz Opal [6.50 %] - Dry Hop 10.0 Days Hop 7 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 12 lbs
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 16.20 qt of water at 158.3 F 148.0 F 75 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (0.89gal, 3.50gal) of 168.0 F water

 

[Shuldawg]

Do you have enough equipment that we can stagger the process (while brew 1 is boiling, can we steep brew 2)?

I am bringing my equipment to do a citra ale extract kit; are we crazy trying a Triple Brew Day? [emoji12]

 

[369Brewer]

There's always the stove

 

[ViciousFishes]

I've recently started brewing a double batch in a single
Brew and split it into two 5g fermenters. The fun part is that I can trial different yeasts between the two. I could also trial different dry hop schedules, tho haven't to date.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1465522071.996542.jpg