12-07-2008 American Pale Ale

A ProMash Brewing Session Report

Brewing Date: Sunday December 07, 2008
Head Brewer: Stephen Gilbert, Robert Adams
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


Recipe Specifics
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: 34.5      
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70  %   
Wort Boil Time: 90  Minutes   

Actual OG: 1.058 Plato: 14.27   
Actual FG: 1.012 Plato: 3.07   
Alc by Weight: 4.74 by Volume: 6.07 From Measured Gravities.
ADF: 78.5 RDF: 65.4 Apparent & Real Degree of Fermentation.

Actual Mash System Efficiency: 70 %
Anticipated Points From Mash: 20.44
Actual Points From Mash: 20.44


Pre-Boil Amounts
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: 6.45 Gal      
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.044 SG 11.04 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: 7.02 Gal      
Water Needed Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.041 SG 10.18 Plato


Formulas Used
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 %


Grain/Extract/Sugar
% 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.

Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
1.00 oz.  Northern Brewer Plug 5.50 26.7 90 min
0.50 oz.  Cascade Pellet 4.40 2.8 15 min
0.50 oz.  Centennial Pellet 8.00 5.1 15 min
0.50 oz.  Cascade Pellet 4.40 0.0 0 min
0.50 oz.  Centennial Pellet 8.00 0.0 0 min


Yeast
White Labs WLP001 California Ale


Mash Schedule
Mash Type: Single Step   
Heat Type: Direct   
Grain Lbs: 4.00   
Water Qts: 5.00 Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 1.25 Before Additional Infusions
Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.25 Before Additional Infusions
Tun Thermal Mass: 0.00   
Grain Temp: 80 F Before Additional Infusions

Rest Temp Time
Dough In: 0 0 Min
Saccharification Rest: 154 60 Min
Mash-out Rest: 0 0 Min
Sparge: 170 60 Min

Total Mash Volume Gal: 1.57 - After Additional Infusions

Runnings Stopped At: 1.010 SG 2.56 Plato

All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.


Mash Schedule


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: 1.25 Total From Mash: 0.77
      Mash Gallons: 1.25      
      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: 7.02
     
Boil Time (min): 90
Evaporation Rate: 15.00
Amount after Boil: 5.44
     
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: 4.19
Amount After Cooling (4 perc.): 4.02

Grain absorption rate is: 0.12 (Gallons Per Lbs)
Evaporation rate is Percent per Hour
This formulation will yield 4.02 gallons of fermentable wort.
You will need 9.25 gallons of water for the complete brewing session.


Efficiency Specifics
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): 7.02      
Estimated OG: 1.041 Plato: 10.18

Raw Pre-Boil Targets - only targeted volume/gravity and evaporation
rate taken into account:
Target Volume (Gal): 6.45      
Estimated OG: 1.044 Plato: 11.04

Post-Boil Targets:
Target Volume (Gal): 5.00      
Estimated OG: 1.057 Plato: 14.10

Recorded Actuals - Measurement Taken In Kettle:
Recorded Volume (Gal): 5.00      
Recorded OG: 1.057 Plato: 14.10

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: 20.44
Actual Mash System Efficiency: 70 %


Fermentation Specifics
Pitched From: Starter
Amount Pitched: 1 L
Lag Time: 5.00 hours

Primary Fermenter: Glass
Primary Type: Closed
Days In Primary: 0
Primary Temperature: 70 degrees F

Original Gravity: 1.058 SG 14.27 Plato
Finishing Gravity: 1.012 SG 3.07 Plato



Bottling/Kegging Specifics
Bottling Date: Sunday December 21, 2008
Desired Carbonation Level: 2.50 Volumes CO2
Fermentation Temperature: 68 F

Amount Kegged: 5.00 Gallons
Days Conditioned: 0
Carbonation Method: Forced
Carbonation Temperature: 42 F
Pressure Used: 12.00 Psi



Mash Notes
Mashed a little hot, maybe 158-160. Shouldn't be a problem since most of the fermentables come from the DME anyway.


Problem Notes
Wow, what a bonehead move. We were cooling the wort to get it ready to go into the fermenter when we noticed that we hadn't added the DME. The last several batches I've done have been all grain, and I just forgot about adding it. We couldn't re-boil for anothe 15 minutes because we'd already done all the hop additions. The DME should be nice and clean, so we just added it to the partially chilled wort. The wort was probably in the 150-170 degree range.




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