Brew Day dartedplus (has brewed recipe) December 16, 2002, 3:11 am
Brew day was a mess, I used a few profane words, but everything came out OK. The 16 pounds of grain barely fit into my brewpot along with ^ gallons of water for the mashing at 151*F for 30 minutes, during which the temp went down to 149*. I then slowly raised the temp to 157* and let it rest for another 30 minutes (took 30 minutes to raise temp).
Mashed out with 178 degree water, but here's where I had trouble, I had to split it between my igloo cooler and my old zapap lauter tun. I over filled the zapap and had wort ALL OVER (hence the profanity) eventually got the situation under control and managed to get almost exactly the correct amount of liquid into the brew kettle that I was looking for. I didnt sparge for very long so I only got about 58-59% efficincy which brings my SG down to 1.063. But on a good note that brings me inline with the style parameters.
Boiled for 90 minutes because my boil was slow and had to evap. more of the wort. Added the hops with 25 minutes left and the irish moss with 10 minutes left. Cooled and whirlpooled. transferred to primary and aerated, then added a 2L starter and put it in the laundry room. (about 55*) that was 4 PM yesterday. 7 AM today I have bubbles, not a really steady flow yet, but bubbles. Will update as necessary. The color of it is exactly like the picture of the mug, a beautiful golden color, with a nice smokey aroma.
Ed
Brew Day dartedplus (has brewed recipe) December 16, 2002, 3:12 am
Brew day was a mess, I used a few profane words, but everything came out OK. The 16 pounds of grain barely fit into my brewpot along with ^ gallons of water for the mashing at 151*F for 30 minutes, during which the temp went down to 149*. I then slowly raised the temp to 157* and let it rest for another 30 minutes (took 30 minutes to raise temp).
Mashed out with 178 degree water, but here's where I had trouble, I had to split it between my igloo cooler and my old zapap lauter tun. I over filled the zapap and had wort ALL OVER (hence the profanity) eventually got the situation under control and managed to get almost exactly the correct amount of liquid into the brew kettle that I was looking for. I didnt sparge for very long so I only got about 58-59% efficincy which brings my SG down to 1.063. But on a good note that brings me inline with the style parameters.
Boiled for 90 minutes because my boil was slow and had to evap. more of the wort. Added the hops with 25 minutes left and the irish moss with 10 minutes left. Cooled and whirlpooled. transferred to primary and aerated, then added a 2L starter and put it in the laundry room. (about 55*) that was 4 PM yesterday. 7 AM today I have bubbles, not a really steady flow yet, but bubbles. Will update as necessary. The color of it is exactly like the picture of the mug, a beautiful golden color, with a nice smokey aroma.
Ed
Hops Note dartedplus (has brewed recipe) December 16, 2002, 3:15 am
I used a completely different hops schedule. I added 2 oz for 25 minutes. It will give me a different flavor than what I had, but it comes out with the same IBU's. plus I didnt feel like measuring the stuff out.
Ed
1/13/03 SG 1.016 dartedplus (has brewed recipe) January 13, 2003, 11:52 am
Checked my SG today and had 1.016. I think its done, will wait another day or two and then take another look at it. It tastes fantastic. Not too much longer before I can have one.
FANTASTIC dartedplus (has brewed recipe) March 8, 2003, 5:02 am
3/8/03-----This is probably one of the BEST beers I have made. Unfortunately, there aren't too many of them left. The nice thing was that my doesnt like the smoke flavor so I had them all for myself (except for what I have shared) I dont really think I would change anything, but maybe next time I will swap another pound of smoked malt for the pound of american 2 row. And also try to have all my ingredients be german to make it more of an "authentic" classic german rauchbier. This is definitely one that will be made again and again!!!
Ed
FANTASTIC dartedplus (has brewed recipe) March 8, 2003, 5:03 am
3/8/03-----This is probably one of the BEST beers I have made. Unfortunately, there aren't too many of them left. The nice thing was that my doesnt like the smoke flavor so I had them all for myself (except for what I have shared) I dont really think I would change anything, but maybe next time I will swap another pound of smoked malt for the pound of american 2 row. And also try to have all my ingredients be german to make it more of an "authentic" classic german rauchbier. This is definitely one that will be made again and again!!!
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