Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 6.52 gal
Boil Time: 90 min
End of Boil Vol: 5.47 gal
Final Bottling Vol: 4.75 gal
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage
Date: 30 Nov 2022
Brewer: Mike Young
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: Mike's Brewzilla 35L
Efficiency: 82.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 86.1 %
Taste Rating: 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU Volume
7.75 gal Reverse Osmosis Water (Hy-Vee) Water 1 - -
6.00 g Calcium Chloride (Mash) Water Agent 2 - -
1.00 g Chalk (Mash) Water Agent 3 - -
2.0 oz Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM) Adjunct 4 1.3 % 0.01 gal
7 lbs Munich Malt (Briess Bonlander - 10L) (10.0 SRM) Grain 5 70.9 % 0.55 gal
2 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Bestmaltz (2.0 SRM) Grain 6 20.3 % 0.16 gal
8.0 oz Caramunich 1 Malt (36.0 SRM) Grain 7 5.1 % 0.04 gal
4.0 oz Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 8 2.5 % 0.02 gal
0.50 oz Magnum (2019 - YVH) [10.90 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 9 20.4 IBUs -
2.0 pkg Saflager Lager (DCL/Fermentis #W-34/70) [50.28 ml] Yeast 10 - -

Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.057 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.8 %
Bitterness: 20.4 IBUs
Est Color: 17.8 SRM
Measured Original Gravity: 1.056 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 6.1 %
Calories: 185.8 kcal/12oz

Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Sparge Water: 2.70 gal
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE
Est Mash PH: 5.36
Measured Mash PH: 5.20
Total Grain Weight: 9 lbs 14.0 oz
Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Target Mash PH: 5.20
Mash Acid Addition: None
Sparge Acid Addition: None
Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 20.00 qt of water at 159.2 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun , 3.26gal) of 168.0 F water
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).

Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Keg
Pressure/Weight: 12.54 PSI
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 45.0 F
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage
Fermenter:
Volumes of CO2: 2.3
Carbonation Est: Keg with 12.54 PSI
Carbonation (from Meas Vol): Keg with 12.54 PSI
Age for: 30.00 days
Storage Temperature: 65.0 F

Notes

11/30/2022 - Bought 8 gallons of RO water in bulk from Hy-Vee the day before and treated 5 gallons with 6 g of Calcium Chloride in the mash. Sparge water I will just leave as RO without modification. Checked PH after about 10 minutes into the mash with my new PH meter and I was a bit low at 4.9, so I added 1 g of Chalk (CaCO3) to the mash and stirred in. I took another reading after 10 minutes, but there wasn't really a change. I didn't calibrate the PH meter, so I should probably do that. I hit 1.048 for gravity pre-boil, so that was spot on. Boiled 30 minutes before adding bittering hops and continued to boil another 60 minutes. Chilled to 64 degrees in about 20 minutes. Transferred to All-Rounder and added lager yeast. I plan to ferment this under pressure after a couple days of initial fermentation.

12/1/2022 - I wasn't noticing much activity the morning after I brewed, so I decided to pitch another container of saved yeast and aerate with the mix-n-stir a bit. There was some CO2 coming out of solution it appears, so there may have been activity, but better safe than sorry.

12/9/2022 - Kegged - FG=1.010 - Flavor was malty but clean with light hop bitterness. The beer still had some haze and a bit of yeast in suspension, so I'm not sure if it's cleaner than my standard water batch or the cut water batch. Time will tell I suppose.

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