Saturday, March 21, 2015

Guinness 5 Gal All Grain March 21, 2015

Easy to make and very enjoyable on Nitro. Should be ready to drink in 3 weeks.

Malts

8.5 lb of 2-row maris otter milled
1 lb black roasted barley milled 
2 lbs of flaked barley. Not milled

Mash 

152F 60F

Sparged 

170F to produce 7,4 gals

Wort 

Pre boil:      11 Brix / 1.044 OG
Post boil:    13.7 Brix / 1.056 OG

March 24 - brix 7. 1.010
March 25 - brix 6.7 1.009

Target 1.012 / 5.8% ABV
Actual ABV 6.0%

Counter coil cooled 5 gals in 10 mins to 95F. Added reused english yeast. The yeast did not seem active when I opened the jar. We will see.

Boil

70 mins
60 mins 2 oz Magnum pellets
20 mins 2 oz UK Target pellets

April 6 - While moving to keg i saw a mold growing on the top. Mild funk with socks and cheese. I dumped the whole batch. First batch in 7 years I've dumped.   I blame this on the reuse of yeast. It did not look healthy when i added it. I should have avoided this yeast. Arg!  See photo. 


Sanitized Counterflow Chiller
15 gallow kettle

Hops and yeast
Pour off of mash. Sweet wort!


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