2. Mash

>> Sunday, March 01, 2009

The mash will be circulated by the pump. It will travel from MT to Pump to HX and back to MT. The HX will be used to maintain mash temperature for single infusion mashes and to increase temperature for step mashes and mash out. Sparge water will be heating in the HLT during the mashing process.

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3. Sparge

During the sparge, hot water is pumped through the HX to the MT and the sweet runnings are collected from the MT in the BK. I may end up bypassing the HX, it just depends on whether I run into any problems with the HLT temps.

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Microbus Amber Ale

>> Sunday, April 20, 2008

Here's my second original recipe that I'm brewing for the first time today.

Recipe Specifications
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 6.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.074 SG
Estimated Color: 13.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 31.6 IBU
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
1 lbs 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
1 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM)
8.0 oz Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM)
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (60 min)
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 3 days)
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (30 min)
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min)
1 Pkgs Fat Tire Ale (Wyeast #WYXL1792)

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium BodyTotal Grain Weight: 14.00 lb
Mash AT 154.0 F


Update 6/12/2010: I made this one again recently. This time I used White Labs WLP001 California Ale Yeast. I tried it at about 4 weeks and it was a little grassy. The grassy-ness went away after about 6 weeks, so I'd recommend letting this one condition for 6-8 weeks. Also, the WLP001 is probably a little more neutral than I'd like. It could be my imagination, but it seemed the Fat Tire yeast tasted more "bready". This is the first original recipe of mine that I really enjoyed and I'm willing to admit that I may be a bit prejudiced, but I'd rate this at B+/A-

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