Good Morning Brewday!

[jma99]

5:25am my MLT is set up, and my mash H2O is heating, all ingedents are set.
I hope to get this one done by10:30 (Batch sparge!)

I'm trying for a gingered ale:

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Dad's Gingered Pale Ale
Brewer: Joel Adams
Asst Brewer:
Style: Dad's Style
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (0.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 6.25 gal
Boil Size: 7.15 gal
Estimated OG: 1.055 SG
Estimated Color: 5.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 25.3 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
12 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 94.1 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 3.9 %
4.0 oz Toasted Malt (27.0 SRM) Grain 2.0 %
1.00 oz Northern Brewer [8.50%] (60 min) Hops 23.7 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50%] (5 min) Hops 1.5 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50%] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
0.31 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
0.63 oz Burton Water Salts (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 12.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [StarYeast-Ale


Got a HUGH starter going and I'm hoping to save enough for my next 4 batches or so. 1/2 gal starter!

Have a great Brewday!

 

[Evets]

I'll be doing my first AG brew today, but not til 2:00 when SWMBO goes to work. I have two AG kits, a SNPA from Austin HB and a Pumpkin Ale kit from Midwest. I was gonna do the SNPA first, but I think I'll do the pumpkin first instead, to get it conditioning for the Thanksgiving family feast. I may actually just go buy another primary bucket and brew again tomorrow!

 

[Truble]

I am jealous. I will not be brewing this weekend. Have house things to do, and homework for school.

 

[Walker]

5:25am my MLT is set up, and my mash H2O is heating, all ingedents are set....

Like a kid on Christmas morning. Up out of bed and hyper at 5:30am.

 

[jma99]

Mash did not go as well as I had hoped.
I was a bit high in temp, so it looks like I'll have a lower than expected alcohol, and fuller than expected taste. Guess I'll be able to drink more and still be able to stand upright!

So I'm about 6.75 gal into my 8 gal pot.
Watch out for boilovers!

My OG should be better once I boil down to 5 or 6 gal.

 

[EdWort]

Whoo Hoo. You guys are up early! I slept in till 7:30, put my MLT preheat water on and went down and fed the horses. Moved my valve over to the new Home Depot Water cooler (doesn't say HD anywhere on it, but it is orange & white) and now it's warming up for the mash.

First crack at House Pale Ale, here we come.

 

[jma99]

Great cold break from my homemade 50' 1/4 inch imersion chiller.
My "Killerchiller"
Down to 147 in 5 min!

Wort smells great with a good ginger nose.

Should be ready to rack to the primary in about 30 min.
Looks like I got 5 to 5.5 gal.

 

[david_42]

Wah! I'm off to a Highway cleanup with the Heart of the Valley brew club. Kraut, sausage & beer after, so not too bad.

 

[jma99]

Got 5.25 gal at 1.054
Lots of trub!

Pitched a very large starter that has at krausen.
Should see some activity soon!

Now off to get breakfast!

 

[jma99]

Airlock is happly bubbling away!
Only about 2.5 hrs from pitching

Love those BIG starters!

 

[EdWort]

12:10 and one more hop throw.

 

[pbowler]

Where in SE Mich jma99?

Madison Heights here...

 

[jma99]

I'm in Tecumseh, MI

Had a couple of containers of Breiss pilsner malt extract.
Had some leftover hops, galena, Hallataur, and fuggles
Had about half a pound of very old crystal 60
Had the second half of the massive starter I used yesterday.

What to do? Brew of course!

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Leftover Ale
Brewer: Joel Adams
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (0.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 5.72 gal
Estimated OG: 1.052 SG
Estimated Color: 7.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 33.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
6 lbs 9.6 oz Pilsner Liquid Extract (3.5 SRM) Extract 86.8 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 6.6 %
0.50 oz Galena [12.60%] (60 min) Hops 22.5 IBU
1.00 oz Hallertauer [2.40%] (30 min) Hops 6.6 IBU
0.50 oz Hallertauer [2.00%] (30 min) Hops 2.7 IBU
0.50 oz Fuggles [4.50%] (5 min) Hops 1.6 IBU
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
0.50 oz Burton Water Salts (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
8.0 oz Brown Sugar, Light (8.0 SRM) Sugar 6.6 %
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: None
Total Grain Weight: 10.00 lb

Pitched yeast at 10:00am and now my main primary has another primary to keep it company!

Don't want no lonely yeast!

 

[pbowler]

Skydive much?