Sunday, June 21, 2015

June 21st, 2015 - Lagunitas Maxiums (clone)

Slightly Confused Brewing Company

Lagunitas Maximus clone (Austin Brewhouse recipe)
Batch 46

Ingredients:
13# 2-Row
0.5# Carapils
---total grain bill 13.5#


Hop Schedule:
3 oz Centennial 60'
1 oz Cascade 30'
3 oz Cascade 0'

Yeast:
WLP 001 (via 1 L starter)
-New vial

Stats:
OG: 1.074 (estimated); 1.072 (measured)
FG: 1.011 (estimated); 1.010 (measured)
ABV: 8.3% (estimated); 8.1% (measured)


Brewing Steps:
  • Heated 4.2 gallons of water to a strike temperature of approximately 163 degrees
    • Target mash temperature 150; volume at 1.25 quarts/pound
    • Used Sparge Pal app for volume calculations
  • Added water to mash tun first (water, then grains)
    • Mashed 60 minutes
    • Did not stir
  • After 60 minutes lautered into bucket (to measure volume)
    • Lautered over about 7 minutes
  • Heated 4.2 (about) 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
    • Had ~1/2 gallon left (maybe slightly more)
  • Boiled for 60 minutes
    • Kept fairly vigorous boil going
    • Added hops
  • Chilled
  • Pitched yeast and aerated wort 
    • Pitched yeast from starter
  • Poured into fermenting bucket 
  • Ferment about 2 weeks 
    • Fermenting freezer out, using swamp cooler with t-shirt over bucket

Notes:
-Second time making this recipe