System alterations
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Re: System alterations
Good luck hope all goes well for you.
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Re: System alterations
Brewday complete, small adjustments to be made, but a successful day, my greenhouse efficiency improved by 4 points, since I adapted so much to my system my water was off by .5 gallons but I will adjust that.
My ph from start to finish was in perfect range I'll add the specifics later.
The srm definitely without a doubt comes in nearly a whole point lower when under low oxygen conditions. Which in the end means nothing.
I did a infusion step mash,
Dough in at 133
145 for 30 minutes
162 for 40 minutes
169 for 15 minutes
Gelatination was noticeably more at the end of the mash.
Since I added a motor for mash agitation at 33 rpm, (best i could achieve), I only needed to recirculate for 10 minutes, the wort during slaughtering was noticeable clearer.
I need to perfect my whirlpool, maybe another pump, I'll be looking into that.
I'm 2 shots of crown royal and a 6 pack of munched hofbrau original into a really nice evening, so I'll leave you all with that. Please feel free to post questions and ill answer them after my hangover, and feel free to recommend adjustments.
My ph from start to finish was in perfect range I'll add the specifics later.
The srm definitely without a doubt comes in nearly a whole point lower when under low oxygen conditions. Which in the end means nothing.
I did a infusion step mash,
Dough in at 133
145 for 30 minutes
162 for 40 minutes
169 for 15 minutes
Gelatination was noticeably more at the end of the mash.
Since I added a motor for mash agitation at 33 rpm, (best i could achieve), I only needed to recirculate for 10 minutes, the wort during slaughtering was noticeable clearer.
I need to perfect my whirlpool, maybe another pump, I'll be looking into that.
I'm 2 shots of crown royal and a 6 pack of munched hofbrau original into a really nice evening, so I'll leave you all with that. Please feel free to post questions and ill answer them after my hangover, and feel free to recommend adjustments.
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Re: System alterations
The morning after,
My DO meter was reading 0.3 at the start of the brewday, I ended the brewday with a post boil reading of 0.7 so I must have a small leak somewhere, or I need to slow down part of the process.
I am going to invest in my own mill, as my efficiency jumped 4 points but is still low. I'm concerned about my ph as I used both test strips and my ph meter, the meter showed I stayed between 5.38 and 5.46, but the strips were showing much lower ph levels below 4.1
My target og was 1.048 I only hit 1.042, readings taken with both a refractometer, and a hydrometer matching readings.
I got to use my blichmann in line wort aerator it worked like a charm, I set it for 8 to 10 ppm no problems that I could interpret.
I pitched at 50°f, my starter was at 48°f 34/70 for 48 hours. It was a 1.75 litre starter. It should be just fine.
The srm is shocking, what was estimated to be 3.89, came out approximately 2.9 using the LODO process.
I started with distilled water, I'm sure I need some guidance on this topic, any help is appreciated, I will post a picture of my water chemistry with this post.
And my rest temperatures where only off by 1 degree from start to finish, confirmed by 3 different thermometers.
In a couple hours I will go check my fermentor for airlock activity but in the end, it's still a successful brewday, I learned more about my system and brewing in general, and I very much enjoyed the whole day. I can't think of any missing information, but feel free to run me through the grinder, I'll do my best to supply answers.
My DO meter was reading 0.3 at the start of the brewday, I ended the brewday with a post boil reading of 0.7 so I must have a small leak somewhere, or I need to slow down part of the process.
I am going to invest in my own mill, as my efficiency jumped 4 points but is still low. I'm concerned about my ph as I used both test strips and my ph meter, the meter showed I stayed between 5.38 and 5.46, but the strips were showing much lower ph levels below 4.1
My target og was 1.048 I only hit 1.042, readings taken with both a refractometer, and a hydrometer matching readings.
I got to use my blichmann in line wort aerator it worked like a charm, I set it for 8 to 10 ppm no problems that I could interpret.
I pitched at 50°f, my starter was at 48°f 34/70 for 48 hours. It was a 1.75 litre starter. It should be just fine.
The srm is shocking, what was estimated to be 3.89, came out approximately 2.9 using the LODO process.
I started with distilled water, I'm sure I need some guidance on this topic, any help is appreciated, I will post a picture of my water chemistry with this post.
And my rest temperatures where only off by 1 degree from start to finish, confirmed by 3 different thermometers.
In a couple hours I will go check my fermentor for airlock activity but in the end, it's still a successful brewday, I learned more about my system and brewing in general, and I very much enjoyed the whole day. I can't think of any missing information, but feel free to run me through the grinder, I'll do my best to supply answers.
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Re: System alterations
The more intensely one mashes, the less important the quality of the grist becomes.
There exist several ways to overcome this.
1 - dough in lower (55 - 58C)
2 - give the grain more time to gelatinise and help release the starches. This can already be done by the lower dough-in, for a more difficult malt try using a stepped maltose rest.
There exist several ways to overcome this.
1 - dough in lower (55 - 58C)
2 - give the grain more time to gelatinise and help release the starches. This can already be done by the lower dough-in, for a more difficult malt try using a stepped maltose rest.
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This was the recipe
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Re: System alterations
I recognize Kai's helles recipe
That'll make a good beer. Nowadays my preference would be to add 4-5% carahell on top.
That'll make a good beer. Nowadays my preference would be to add 4-5% carahell on top.
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Why did you choose CaSO4 over CaCl? Be prepared for a lot of residual sulfur.
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Re: System alterations
I can dough in at 122, then start heading into the 1st step mashing rest, should i increase the time of the first rest?
I can also recirculate, while mixing not that it will change the efficiency much.
And I need to add a little calcium.
@ancient Abbey, that would be my lack of knowledge.
@techbrau, I assume to add carahell, I need to make sure the 4 to 5% comes out of the pilsner malt.
I can also recirculate, while mixing not that it will change the efficiency much.
And I need to add a little calcium.
@ancient Abbey, that would be my lack of knowledge.
@techbrau, I assume to add carahell, I need to make sure the 4 to 5% comes out of the pilsner malt.
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4 Ch + 10 vima is fine. 4/15 also works nicely. Up to you.
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