Brew Day - January 20th, 2014

Slightly Confused Brewing Company

Son of a Roo IPA (Hoggetowne Ale Works recipe)

Ingredients:
US 2-row
US C-40
Weyermann Melanoidin

Aussie/NZ
Helga
Pacylvica blend
Calypso

Coopers Dry Ale Yeast (rehydrated prior to pitching)

Stats:
OG: 1.062 (estimated); 1.056 (measured)
FG: 1.013 (estimated); 1.010 (measured)
ABV: 6.2% (estimated); 6%

Brewing Steps:

• Heated 3.8 gallons of water to a strike temperature of approximately 165 degrees
• 1.25 quarts/pound 
• Used Sparge Pal app for volume calculations
• Added grains to mash tun
• Added water to mash tun by about 1/2 - 3/4 gallon at a time; poured last 1.5 gallons from brewpot straight into mash tun
• After all water added mash temperature approximately 151-152 degrees 
• Final temperature 150 degrees
• After 60 minutes lautered into bucket (to measure volume)
• Need to lauter slower next time to improve efficiency? 
• Heated 5.8 gallons of sparge water to approximately 170 degrees and added to mash tun 
• Let sit for 10 minutes, then lautered until we had about 6 gallons
• Added hops according to schedule
• Chilled by putting pot into tub with ice and water (filled about 6-8 inches of tub with water) and wort chiller/pre-chiller to 75 degrees in about 5 minutes
• Pitched yeast and then aerated wort by transferring between brew pot and bucket 6 times
• Poured into fermenting bucket 
• Put bucket into fridge at 62 degrees (took 9:25 minutes post-boil)
• Ferment about 14 days
• Will dry hop in about 7 days (about January 27th, 2014)