09-30-2007 American Pale Ale
A ProMash Brewing Session Report
|
Brewing Date:
|
Sunday September 30, 2007
|
|
Head Brewer:
|
Stephen Gilbert
|
|
Asst Brewer:
|
|
|
Recipe:
|
American Pale Ale
|
|
BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
|
06-A American Pale Ales, American Pale Ale
|
Min OG:
|
1.045
|
Max OG:
|
1.056
|
|
|
Min IBU:
|
20
|
Max IBU:
|
40
|
|
|
Min Clr:
|
4
|
Max Clr:
|
11
|
Color in SRM, Lovibond
|
|
Batch Size (Gal):
|
5.00
|
Wort Size (Gal):
|
5.00
|
|
Total Grain (Lbs):
|
8.00
|
|
|
|
Anticipated OG:
|
1.057
|
Plato:
|
14.10
|
|
Anticipated SRM:
|
8.6
|
|
|
|
Anticipated IBU:
|
39.4
|
|
|
|
Brewhouse Efficiency:
|
70
|
%
|
|
|
Wort Boil Time:
|
60
|
Minutes
|
|
|
Actual OG:
|
1.052
|
Plato:
|
12.86
|
|
|
Actual FG:
|
1.011
|
Plato:
|
2.81
|
|
|
Alc by Weight:
|
4.22
|
by Volume:
|
5.40
|
From Measured Gravities.
|
|
ADF:
|
78.1
|
RDF:
|
64.9
|
Apparent & Real Degree of Fermentation.
|
|
Actual Mash System Efficiency:
|
171 %
|
|
Anticipated Points From Mash:
|
20.44
|
|
Actual Points From Mash:
|
50.00
|
|
Evaporation Rate:
|
15.00
|
Percent Per Hour
|
Raw Pre-Boil Amounts - only targeted volume/gravity and evaporation
rate taken into account:
|
Pre-Boil Wort Size:
|
5.88
|
Gal
|
|
|
|
Pre-Boil Gravity:
|
1.049
|
SG
|
12.07
|
Plato
|
With sparge water, mash water, additional infusions, vessel losses, top-up
water and evaporation rate recorded in the Water Needed Calculator:
|
Water Needed Pre-Boil Wort Size:
|
7.14
|
Gal
|
|
|
|
Water Needed Pre-Boil Gravity:
|
1.040
|
SG
|
10.01
|
Plato
|
Brewhouse Efficiency and Predicted Gravity based on Method #1, Potential Used.
Final Gravity Calculation Based on Points.
Hard Value of Sucrose applied. Value for recipe: 46.2100 ppppg
% Yield Type used in Gravity Prediction: Fine Grind Dry Basis.
Color Formula Used: Morey
Hop IBU Formula Used: Rager
Additional Utilization Used For Plug Hops: 2 %
Additional Utilization Used For Pellet Hops: 10 %
|
%
|
Amount
|
Name
|
Origin
|
Potential
|
SRM
|
|
50.0
|
4.00 lbs.
|
Muntons DME - ExtraLight
|
England
|
1.046
|
3
|
|
25.0
|
2.00 lbs.
|
Pale Malt(2-row)
|
Great Britain
|
1.038
|
3
|
|
6.3
|
0.50 lbs.
|
Victory Malt
|
America
|
1.034
|
25
|
|
6.3
|
0.50 lbs.
|
Crystal 20L
|
America
|
1.035
|
20
|
|
6.3
|
0.50 lbs.
|
Crystal 40L
|
America
|
1.034
|
40
|
|
6.3
|
0.50 lbs.
|
Munich Malt
|
Germany
|
1.037
|
8
|
Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.
|
Amount
|
Name
|
Form
|
Alpha
|
IBU
|
Boil Time
|
|
0.45 oz.
|
Magnum
|
Pellet
|
15.00
|
32.1
|
60 min
|
|
0.50 oz.
|
Cascade
|
Pellet
|
6.30
|
3.0
|
10 min
|
|
0.50 oz.
|
Centennial
|
Pellet
|
9.10
|
4.3
|
10 min
|
|
0.50 oz.
|
Cascade
|
Pellet
|
6.30
|
0.0
|
0 min
|
|
0.50 oz.
|
Centennial
|
Pellet
|
9.10
|
0.0
|
0 min
|
|
Amount
|
Name
|
Type
|
Time
|
|
1.00 Unit(s)
|
Whirlfloc
|
Fining
|
15 Min.(boil)
|
White Labs WLP001 California Ale
|
Mash Type:
|
Single Step
|
|
|
Heat Type:
|
Direct
|
|
|
Grain Lbs:
|
4.00
|
|
|
Water Qts:
|
5.50
|
Before Additional Infusions
|
|
Water Gal:
|
1.38
|
Before Additional Infusions
|
|
Qts Water Per Lbs Grain:
|
1.38
|
Before Additional Infusions
|
|
Tun Thermal Mass:
|
0.00
|
|
|
Grain Temp:
|
80 F
|
Before Additional Infusions
|
|
Rest
|
Temp
|
Time
|
|
Dough In:
|
166
|
0 Min
|
|
Saccharification Rest:
|
151
|
60 Min
|
|
Mash-out Rest:
|
0
|
0 Min
|
|
Sparge:
|
171
|
5 Min
|
Total Mash Volume Gal: 1.70 - After Additional Infusions
Runnings Stopped At: 1.010 SG 2.56 Plato
All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.
|
Water Needed For Brewing Session
|
|
Sparge Amount:
|
7.00
|
Sparge Deadspace:
|
1.25
|
Total Into Mash:
|
5.75
|
|
Total Grain Lbs:
|
4.00
|
Qts Per Lbs:
|
1.38
|
Total From Mash:
|
0.89
|
|
|
|
Mash Gallons:
|
1.38
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grain Absorption:
|
0.48
|
|
|
|
Amount Lost in Lauter Tun Deadspace, Grant and Misc. to Kettle:
|
0.50
|
|
|
|
|
Top Up Water Added to Kettle:
|
1.00
|
|
Amount into Kettle:
|
7.14
|
|
|
|
|
Boil Time (min):
|
60
|
|
Evaporation Rate:
|
15.00
|
|
Amount after Boil:
|
6.07
|
|
|
|
|
Left in Kettle Deadspace:
|
1.00
|
|
Left in Hopback:
|
0.00
|
|
Left in Counterflow Chiller:
|
0.25
|
|
Left in Other Equipment / Other Absorption:
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
|
Amount to Chillers:
|
4.82
|
|
Amount After Cooling (4 perc.):
|
4.63
|
Grain absorption rate is: 0.12 (Gallons Per Lbs)
Evaporation rate is Percent per Hour
This formulation will yield 4.63 gallons of fermentable wort.
You will need 9.38 gallons of water for the complete brewing session.
Recipe Efficiency Setting: 70 %
With sparge water, mash water, additional infusions, vessel losses, top-up
water and evaporation rate recorded in the Water Needed Calculator:
|
Target Volume (Gal):
|
7.14
|
|
|
|
Estimated OG:
|
1.040
|
Plato:
|
10.01
|
Raw Pre-Boil Targets - only targeted volume/gravity and evaporation
rate taken into account:
|
Target Volume (Gal):
|
5.88
|
|
|
|
Estimated OG:
|
1.049
|
Plato:
|
12.07
|
Post-Boil Targets:
|
Target Volume (Gal):
|
5.00
|
|
|
|
Estimated OG:
|
1.057
|
Plato:
|
14.10
|
Recorded Actuals - Measurement Taken In Ferementer:
|
Recorded Volume (Gal):
|
5.00
|
|
|
|
+Losses (Gal):
|
1.20
|
|
|
|
Total Volume (Gal):
|
6.20
|
|
|
|
Recorded OG:
|
1.070
|
Plato:
|
17.06
|
At 100 percent extraction from the maximum mash potential:
|
Total Points:
|
66.00
|
|
Points From Mash:
|
29.20
|
|
Points From Extract/Sugar:
|
36.80
|
With the recipe efficiency setting, you should have achieved:
|
Total Points:
|
57.24
|
|
Points From Mash:
|
20.44
|
|
Points From Extract/Sugar:
|
36.80
|
Actuals achieved were:
|
Actual Points From Mash:
|
50.00
|
|
Actual Mash System Efficiency:
|
171 %
|
|
Pitched From:
|
Starter
|
|
Amount Pitched:
|
1 L
|
|
Lag Time:
|
0.00 hours
|
|
Primary Fermenter:
|
Glass
|
|
Primary Type:
|
Closed
|
|
Days In Primary:
|
8
|
|
Primary Temperature:
|
68 degrees F
|
|
Secondary Fermenter:
|
Glass
|
|
Secondary Type:
|
Closed
|
|
Days In Secondary:
|
6
|
|
Secondary Temperature:
|
48 degrees F
|
|
Original Gravity:
|
1.052 SG
|
12.86
|
Plato
|
|
Finishing Gravity:
|
1.011 SG
|
2.81
|
Plato
|
|
Hit the mash with 166 degree water, but that only brought my mash temp up to 151. Target was 154. I forgot to pre-heat the cooler, so that would definitely account for the difference. When I went to sparge, I hit it with 180 degree water, but I think I added more water than was needed. Sparge temp went to 171. target was 168. The whole 1hr mash, I didn't lose 1 degree from my cooler.
|
|
My FG ended at 1.010. I'm guessing that my over-topping it off, and my lower mash temp, led to this. I'm crashing the carboy to 48 for a few days before transfering to the brite tank.
|
|
It tastes a bit thin, but I expected it to given my low mash temp and over dilution. The hop profile, however, is just what I was looking for. The switch from Willamette to Centennial was definitely the right choice.
|
|
My first OG tested at 1.070. I kept adding topoff water until right up to the 5 gal mark, and it still read 1.070. Turns out, I was getting a dense wort pocket. After adding my 1l starter, I'm over 5 gal. After letting it sit for a while, I tested it and it was 1.052. I wish now I had mixed my wort better before taking my first reading. I probably could have gotten a lot closer to 1.057.
|
Generated with ProMash Brewing Software |