Brew Day August 10th, 2014

Slightly Confused Brewing Company

Will it Blend Black IPA (Hoggetowne Recipe)
Batch 31

Ingredients:
US 2-row
US C-40
Weyermann Chocolate Wheat
Weyermann Carafa Special III
--total grain bill 12.5#

Aussie/Nz Bittering
Falconer's Flight
Falconer's Flight 7C
Zythos
Blend Blend (FF, FF7Cs) for dry hopping

White Labs WLP 001 (3rd recycle)

Stats:
OG: 1.070 (estimated); 1.056 (measured)
FG: 1.015 (estimated); 1.011 (measured)
ABV: 7.2% (estimated); 5.9% (measured)


Brewing Steps:

• Heated 3.9 gallons of water to a strike temperature of approximately 162 degrees
• Target mash temperature 152; volume at 1.25 quarts/pound
• Used Sparge Pal app for volume calculations
• Added water to mash tun first (water, then grains)
• Initial temperature 154 degrees (middle), 152 (sides)
• Mashed 75 minutes; final temperature about 152 (middle)
• After 60 minutes lautered into bucket (to measure volume)
• Heated 4.5 gallons of sparge water to approximately 175 degrees and added to mash tun
• Took 0.3 gallon off Sparge Pal calculation 
• Let sit for 10 minutes, then lautered until we had about 6.25 gallons
• Only 1/2 of pitcher remaining (if that) 
• Added hops
• Chilled
• Pitched yeast and aerated wort 
• Pitched yeast from starter
• Harvested some yeast from starter for future batch
• Poured into fermenting bucket 
• Filtered (Hain dropped stir bar into boil kettle and had to filter wort to get bar)
• Ferment about 2 weeks then rack to secondary (8/24)
• Secondary about 1 week; dry hop starting 8/26ish; keg 9/10

Notes:
-Efficiency poor - not sure for the reason. Volume and temperature were correct. Too fast of lauter? Water chemistry off (calcium and pH?) May look into grain mill to help, but more concerned with batch-to-batch consistency vs. actual efficiency numbers.