My contribution to the great hops experiment is in the fermenter. I did the simcoe edition. Here is the grist:
10 lbs Rhar 2 row
1 lb flaked oats
.5 lb crystal 60
.5 lb cara-pils
Hop schedule (All Simcoe Hops)
.75 oz @ 60
1 oz @ 20
1 oz @ 10
2 oz @ 1
2 oz Dry Hop for 7-14 days
OG 1.056
Brew day went smooth, mashed at 152 for 1 hour, sparged 167 for 30 min. I did a much better job hitting my temps with this brew so I am excited about that. I also had some efficiency gains taboot. I got 6.75 gallons of wort, all of the simcoes in the boil at the right times, and I also got my wort really nice and chilled down and fast, I guess that is the one advantage to MN in the winter! Got it cooled down to 68 in 20 min and pitched my starter of 1056. I pitched around 5 and there is slow activity now @ 9:20 and the fermenter is 66 degrees. Looks like it will be right on track. Also a big shout out to SWMBO for the time!! Check back for the latest on the Nordeast Brew Clubs single hop experiment.
Yo man, what was your efficiency at? Mine is fermenting nicely upstairs and it looks really tasty!
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ReplyDeleteActually I re-ran the numbers and my effciency was 76%! Went up 6 points from my last brew and 10 from the one before that. There were only three things that were different this time, one was I added water to pre-heat the tun and then put the grain in at a higher temp than I usually would and stirred the s$it out of it for about 10 min until the temp came down to 153. I think the extra stirring helped a bunch, the other thing that was different this time was the sparge temp, I actually hit my temp spot on and I stirred the s$it out of that as well. The thirs is that I adjusted my flow and slowed it WAY down, took much more time lautering and soarging, but judging by my numbers, it helped a TON.
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