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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Here's the Extract version of the same brew (www.lemis.com/grog/brewing)
Date started: 19 April 2004 Volume: 26 litres 0.100 kg Coopers extra light malt extract (starter) 4.005 kg Coopers extra light malt extract (wort) 0.330 kg Coopers extra light malt extract (priming) 37 g Tettnang 5.5% AA, 60 min 20 g Tettnang 5.5% AA, 5 min Wyeast 2565 Kölsch Yeast from Brew 26 Alcohol: 5.5% v/v (calculated) IBU: 27 Malt extract and hops boiled for 60 minutes with about 12 litres water. Cooled to 40°, diluted in fermenter, resultant temperature 25°. Aerated with aquarium pump for 10 minutes in two attempts; heavy foaming was a problem. Pitched. Initial density (bottom): 1048 @20° Final density: 1012 (calculated) Brix: 12.3% (bottom) 12.3% (top) 11.98% (calculated) --> Extract 79% pH (bottom): 4.8 IBUs: 27 (calculated) Potential ethanol: 4.3551 w/w 5.4879 w/v Date time freq wort surroundings 19.iv pm pitched 25.0° 20.iv am 0.39 22.0 17.0° morning Thermostat seized, temperature dropped to 14°. pm 0.48 Hz 18.0 21° (heating) 21.iv am 0.32 Hz 22.0 21° (heating) pm 0.089 Hz 20.5 19.0° 22.iv am 0.067 Hz 20.0° 19.0° pm 0.064 Hz 20.5 19.0° 23.iv am 0.052 Hz 20.0° 18.5° pm 0.052 Hz 20.0 18.5° 24.iv am 0.045 Hz 19.0° 17.0° (cooler outside) 25.iv am 0.029 Hz 19.5° 17.0° pm racked 26.iv am 0.044 Hz 20.0° 19.0° (heating) 27.iv am 0.021 Hz 20.0° 19.0° (heating) 28.iv am 0.022 Hz 20.0° 19.0° (heating) 29.iv am 0.020 Hz 20.5° 19.0° (heating) Kräusen subsiding 30.iv am 0.018 Hz 21.0° 20.0° (heating, too warm) 1.V Bottled FG = 1015 after priming = 1011 before priming 7.5% Brix after priming = 6.6% before priming pH 4.0 Bottling statistics: Bottles size total 16 0.75 l 12.0 l 24 0.5 l 12.0 l 2 0.375 l 0.75 l Total 24.75 l |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
I have sent out recruiting info here in WCG Chat area, and in a couple of email lists... Have already received two "this is spam" replies, good thing I don't care about others' opinions! One which I found particularly annoying, though, is a member of the Dutch Power Cows calling my thread in the Chat area "intrusive spam" and going on to say that their team "silently" accumulated 10M points and is looking to break the top 50 in points (he did say "good going guys"). I can see why - they have 165 members. They're 86th in points but 59th in membership (and I am proud to say Homebrewers are 187th in membership but 181st in points!  )There has GOT TO BE 165 brewers out there who want to beat those bovine butts into BRIEFCASES  LET'S GO GET EM! fb Yep - they sure can be gobby Fred, but they sulk easily  - don't mind them - just keep up the great work your doing  Sorry I haven't been by to say hi for a while - few home problems at the moment  - hopefully I will be back to my smappy self soon  In the meantime - Go Brewers Go!!! |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Good news! It sounds like you're dangerously organized. How did you keep the water at the right temp while you were at work? Happy brew! FB Fred, I have a setup which is perhaps not used much in the USA.... I use a hot water urn (with 2400W element) as my mash tun. It has a drilled collector tube which forms a coil above the element, and above that again is a stainless wedgewire screen. I have had some polystyrene cut to give me around 2" of insulation around the urn. I run a digital temperature controller with a probe in the tun, and obviously have the water in there ready to go the day before also. My temp controller is also linked to a 7day digital timer, so I set it to turn on, in this case, on day 5, at 4:50pm or whatever, and my water will be at strike temp within around 30mins! I am planning to brew a pils this friday... will be a two step mash, so it will take me a little longer - but it should be worth the effort I think. I am looking at a one malt, one hop beer, with pils malt and saaz hops. Rob |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Afternoon brewers!
Cracking effort form you guys.  One which I found particularly annoying, though, is a member of the Dutch Power Cows calling my thread in the Chat area "intrusive spam"  I wouldn't loose any sleep over it Fred, funny how some teams can get away with posting threads like that, aint it........ |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Yep - they sure can be gobby Fred, but they sulk easily - don't mind them - just keep up the great work your doing I know - it's a cheap way to get attention on my part, what can I say  Sorry I haven't been by to say hi for a while - few home problems at the moment - hopefully I will be back to my smappy self soon I'm sorry to hear that - you seem to have the patience to get through just about anything, though, so I have faith in you! Take care, FB |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Afternoon brewers! Cracking effort form you guys. One which I found particularly annoying, though, is a member of the Dutch Power Cows calling my thread in the Chat area "intrusive spam" I wouldn't loose any sleep over it Fred, funny how some teams can get away with posting threads like that, aint it........ Hi V_R! The truth is, I'm wanting to help the Homebrewers team, and I know it will be a long term effort. I don't know how it is in other teams, but in HB there are at most about 20 crunching members out of 51. WCG has apparently no "obsolete" status for membership, so that, like the "average daily points" scores, it really doesn't reflect the teams as they are. I believe, as Bill does, that we aren't here to "steal" members from other teams - and that there is nothing wrong with announcing that Homebrewers team exists, in case there is interest. Other peoples' reaction to a reasonable message, if unreasonable, will continue to be ignored. I'm not out to annoy anyone, but if they get annoyed, it's their problem. I'm not beyond using it as a motivating or recruiting opportunity, however. I want to recruit members - yes, to crunch, to advance in the points and rankings, but also to participate actively in their own recruiting and WCG forum chats. There certainly is no shortage of brewing forums on the Net, so it will continue to be difficult to entice more good conversation here; as usual it will be a trade-off of time spent begging vs results. Begging it will be, since I can only spend money to set up and maintain a team website - any and all advertisements will have to be donated space. That's the most difficult way of all. Cheers FB |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
I use a hot water urn (with 2400W element) as my mash tun. It has a drilled collector tube which forms a coil above the element, and above that again is a stainless wedgewire screen. I have had some polystyrene cut to give me around 2" of insulation around the urn. I run a digital temperature controller with a probe in the tun, and obviously have the water in there ready to go the day before also. My temp controller is also linked to a 7day digital timer, so I set it to turn on, in this case, on day 5, at 4:50pm or whatever, and my water will be at strike temp within around 30mins! That's smart! I wouldn't have thought of doing that, but it makes perfect sense - it's designed for the purpose in the first place. That timer idea is genius - you don't waste heat turning it on in the morning and having it hold temp. I am planning to brew a pils this friday... will be a two step mash, so it will take me a little longer - but it should be worth the effort I think. I am looking at a one malt, one hop beer, with pils malt and saaz hops. The more delicate the beer, the more critical the brew - this one should be tasty, though. I always liked the roundness of the Saaz in a brew, it makes for a mellow hot weather beverage. I'm still not set up for brewing yet after the move. I've got the workshop insulated, and the electric roughed in, then I need to put in walls/ceiling and work area/storage area. It's too hot to brew in the summer here anyway (for meads/ciders) so by fall I should be set and ready. I am looking forward to a good cider, though... Cheers FB |
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Davethebrewer
Advanced Cruncher United States Joined: Feb 17, 2006 Post Count: 76 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Dave, Have you heard anything from Bill? I don't want to step on toes or offend, so I'm going to be as patient as we think I need to be before making another recruiting page. Cheers FB Fred, No reponse to my direct email so I will try next via a posting in his Brewing Equipment newsgroup. I will keep you updated. Did you see the post in one of the general forums on how to request a captian change for a team?http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=7862 Dave |
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Former Member
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Fred, No reponse to my direct email so I will try next via a posting in his Brewing Equipment newsgroup. I will keep you updated. Did you see the post in one of the general forums on how to request a captian change for a team?http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=7862 Dave Hi Dave, Thanks for the update. Congrats on the 250K points, by the way. That's quick work! I hadn't seen the captain change request thread, thanks for bringing it to my attention. All: I'm going to be traveling starting this afternoon, and I won't be back until next weekend (part business, part long awaited vacation). Keep 'em brewing! Cheers FB |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Following last Friday nights success with the Pale Ale, it was the turn of the Pils last night (Friday). Somewhat more involved with a two step mash, but there is no point in not trying to make it as good as you can.
I relented from the one malt/one hop theory, as 3% Czech Saaz does not go very far towards achieving over 40IBU. 6.0 kg pils malt 10g 10%AA PoR - 60 mins 60g 3%AA Saaz - 60 mins 30g 3%AA Saaz - 15 mins While Labs Czech Lager (802) pitched around 7 hours after the brew was finished as it needed to cool a little more in the fridge overnight tog et down to pitching temp. Rob |
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