Saturday, October 24, 2015

Batch 122 Saison

4.5 gallons

6 lbs avangard pils
1.5 lbs best malz dark Munich
12 oz flaked wheat
1/2 tsp gypsum

SRM 6

Mash 146 df 50 mins, 156 df 20 mins

Boil 90 mins
60 mins 12 oz brown sugar
45 mins 1/2 oz Columbus 15.4%aa, 30 IBUs
15 mins 1 oz homegrown Willamette, 5 ibus
15 mins 1 tsp Irish moss
10 mins 1/8 oz toasted coriander

OG 1.059 into fermenter, bhe 75%

Pitch with fresh 1/2 envelop of OYL500 in 1/3 qt starter, leave at 75df.

Rack to secondary 10/31, move to 79 df.

Bottle 11/14 with 89 gr table sugar, 2.2 vols co2, 540 oz.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Batch 121 Vienna

6 gallons

10.5 lbs best malz Vienna
1/4 tsp gypsum

SRM 6

Mash 15 mins 146df, 55 mins 152df.

Boil 90 mins
60 mins 7 gr Columbus 15.4%aa, 14 ibus
45 mins 4 gr Chinook 13%aa, 6 IBUs
30 mins 7 gr homegrown liberty, 2 IBUs
15 mins 1/2 oz strisselspalt 3.0%aa, 3 IBUs
15 mins 1 tsp Irish moss

25 IBUs

OG 1.053 into fermenter, 82% bhe

Pitch at 68 df with 1-1/2 qt starter w2278 (starter run at room temp, not cooled down before pitch).  Leave at 55 df for primary.

Rack to secondary 10/22, rest at 68df.  Move to 55 df 10/25, drop 5 df per day until 35df, lager at 35 df.

Bottle 11/29 with 45 gr table sugar, yield 684 oz, 2.2 vols co2.