July 4th, 2014 - 20 'fer 5 Blonde Ale (SCBC)

Slightly Confused Brewing Company

20 'fer 5 Pale Ale (SCBC recipe #3)

Batch 47

Ingredients:
8# 2-Row
0.3125 Biscuit malt
0.5# Crystal 40L
---total grain bill 8.8125#


Hop Schedule:
0.25 oz Columbus @ 60'
0.25 oz Columbus @ 45
0.5 oz Citra @ 30'
0.25 oz Cascade @15'
0.5 oz Citra @ 0'

Yeast:
WLP 001 (via 0.5 L starter)
-Second use

Stats:
OG: 1.041 (estimated); 1.045 (measured)
FG: 1.010 (estimated); 1.010 (measured)
ABV: 4.1% (estimated); 4.6% (measured)


Brewing Steps:

• Heated 2.8 gallons of water to a strike temperature of approximately 163 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)
• Mashed 60 minutes
• Did not stir
• After 60 minutes lautered into bucket (to measure volume)
• Lautered over about 7 minutes
• Heated 5 (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
• Volume may have been slightly above 6.25 gallons
• Had ~1/4 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 

Notes:
-Trying to make citrusy pale ale that we can drink during tailgating/football games, and drink it all day without dying.
---- Name is $20 for 5 gallons of beer --> cheaper than buying Natty or Coors.
---- Hops + specialty grains cost $6.29.