Brewlog: Krispy Kolsch - September 9, 2010
| Brewed: | September 9, 2010 | Bottled/Kegged: | October 6, 2010 | Status: | Ready |
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Values:
| Volume to fermenter[ltr (gal)]: | 42.00 | Alcohol by volume: | 5.90% | Apparent Attenuation: | 88.00% |
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| Original Gravity[SG]: | 1.050 | Final Gravity[SG]: | 1.006 | Colour [SRM(EBC)]: | |
| BU/GU ratio: | 0.44 | Balance: | 1.26 |
Recipe Values:
| Expected Mash Efficiency: | 70.00% | Expected Bitterness[IBU]: | 22.00 |
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| Actual Mash Efficiency: | 64.33% |
Comments:
Log entries:
Attenuation(points) vs Time(days)
| Wed October 06, 2010 04:55 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.006, Temp[C (F)]: 16.00 (60.80), Atten: 88.00%, ABV: 5.90% | Kegged today and measured the FG. Had kept going strong over the last couple of weeks. |
| Tue September 28, 2010 05:17 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.010, Temp[C (F)]: 16.50 (61.70), Atten: 80.00%, ABV: 5.36% | Measured with a hydrometer, definitely done now. |
| Mon September 27, 2010 07:03 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.013, Temp[C (F)]: 16.50 (61.70), Atten: 74.81%, ABV: 5.01% | Getting closer |
| Fri September 24, 2010 22:14 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.016, Temp[C (F)]: 16.50 (61.70), Atten: 67.33%, ABV: 4.51% | On the relentless march to FG ... hurry up yeast! |
| Thu September 23, 2010 01:30 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.018, Atten: 64.83%, ABV: 4.35% | Still fermenting very slowly. |
| Mon September 20, 2010 21:54 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.018, Temp[C (F)]: 16.50 (61.70), Atten: 64.00%, ABV: 4.29% | Measured SG with the hydrometer and was a lot lower. |
| Mon September 20, 2010 10:31 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.023, Temp[C (F)]: 16.00 (60.80), Atten: 54.76%, ABV: 3.67% | This is tasting a lot drier than the refractometer correct reading is indicating. I am going to take a sampple with the hydrometer tomorrow to double check it. |
| Fri September 17, 2010 09:39 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.026, Temp[C (F)]: 14.00 (57.20), Atten: 47.15%, ABV: 3.16% | Fermentation seems to have kicked on again. |
| Wed September 15, 2010 07:47 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.037, Temp[C (F)]: 14.00 (57.20), Atten: 26.67%, ABV: 1.79% | Still fermenting strongly ... uped the temp to make it go faster. |
Log tasting entries:
| Sun October 31, 2010 04:00 | Rating: 35 Age at tasting: 25 days |
Kolsch is ok but nothing to write home about. |