When a certain girl I know was 3 or 4, she decided her given name wasn’t doing it for her anymore, and instead introduced herself to anyone who asked as Anna Rose.
Neither Anna Rose nor her grown-up alter ego particularly like helping me with the brewing, but they’ve proven to be good at making up names.
Brew Day: 2010-04-11
- 6.5 lb German Pilsner Malt
- 1 lb Wheat (unclear whether this was malted or not)
- 0.5 lb Dextrine (CaraPils)
Single infusion mash in 10 qts water at a target of 152*F for 90 min.
Sparge with 18-20 qts at 167*F
Collected a total of ~5.9 gal which measured 1.031 at 130*F, corrected to approximately 1.043 for a total of 254 pts.
Boil 60 min
- 6.5 AAU Spalt hop pellets (2.5 oz * 2.6% AA) at 60 min
- 1/2 tsp Irish Moss at 15 min
- 1 AAU Spalt hop pellets (0.5 oz * 2.6% AA) at 10 min
Chill to ~65*F, post-boil yield of ~4.8 gal at 1.051 (245 total points, or 30.6 pts/lb)
Poured off the trub into the primary, I ended up with ~4.4 gal. To hit my target OG, I calculated that I’d need to add water to top up to ~5 gal. After topping up, my temp in the primary was 71* (in the butter zone), but my OG ended up being 1.042 (three points low). Not sure where I went wrong, but it won’t make a whole lot of difference in the end.
Pitched Wyeast 2565 Kolsch