Brewlog: Marzen in may - May 1, 2009
| Brewed: | May 1, 2009 | Bottled/Kegged: | May 17, 2009 | Status: | Ready |
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Values:
| Volume to fermenter[ltr (gal)]: | 22.00 | Alcohol by volume: | 5.15% | Apparent Attenuation: | 75.40% |
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| Original Gravity[SG]: | 1.051 | Final Gravity[SG]: | 1.013 | Colour [SRM(EBC)]: | |
| BU/GU ratio: | 0.39 | Balance: | 0.82 |
Recipe Values:
| Expected Mash Efficiency: | 75.00% | Expected Bitterness[IBU]: | 20.00 |
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| Actual Mash Efficiency: | 76.23% |
Comments:
67C for 60 min Brewday went ok, exepct for waking the missus at 12am with a power drill/paint stirrer. Also could not be bothered waiting for the break to settle so was a fair bit in with the wort.
Log entries:
Attenuation(points) vs Time(days)
| Sat September 12, 2009 17:44 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.013, Temp[C (F)]: 4.00 (39.20), Atten: 74.03%, ABV: 5.06% | Last reading after lagering |
| Thu July 02, 2009 14:29 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.013, Atten: 75.40%, ABV: 5.15% | Still full on honey. Added some more yeast in last attempt to clean it up. |
| Sun May 17, 2009 23:12 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.013, Temp[C (F)]: 15.00 (59.00), Atten: 74.43%, ABV: 5.09% | Still got honey, but probably subdued a bit. Is kegged now and sitting at room temp, so allowing to warm up a bit. |
| Tue May 12, 2009 21:55 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.013, Temp[C (F)]: 12.00 (53.60), Atten: 74.43%, ABV: 5.09% | Still has the strong "honey". Going to have to grow up some yeast and krausen in then dump. |
| Sat May 09, 2009 19:14 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.013, Temp[C (F)]: 10.00 (50.00), Atten: 74.43%, ABV: 5.09% | Really strong honey taste now :( ... this is yeast issue, and seems to show that the yeast is struggling a bit. May need to be warmed up with some more yeast pitched to help it out. |
| Wed May 06, 2009 20:11 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.018, Temp[C (F)]: 10.00 (50.00), Atten: 64.60%, ABV: 4.42% | Seems to be a lot less sweet now, but still very grainy. |
| Mon May 04, 2009 19:18 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.031, Temp[C (F)]: 10.00 (50.00), Atten: 39.65%, ABV: 2.71% | Still very sweet and a bit grainy at this stage. |
| Sat May 02, 2009 16:58 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.050, Temp[C (F)]: 10.00 (50.00), Atten: 1.96%, ABV: 0.13% | yay .... Finally a lager that has taken off properly in the first 24hrs. |
Log tasting entries:
| Wed October 07, 2009 22:40 | Rating: 22 Age at tasting: 4 months |
So at the BJCP course last night "spicey phenolic" was noted .. and not in the good way. Lucky I get to offload this keg to a 40th birthday party where they wont really notice the different. Oh I feel so like "Buckleys" ... better go have a cleansing ale to get the taste out of my mouth. |
| Sat September 12, 2009 17:42 | Rating: 30 Age at tasting: 3 months |
Transfered to serving keg. Kind of disappointed in this one, has come out very bland, but honey now gone. Very strong residual malt flavour, but not very assertive up front. |
| Thu June 04, 2009 23:36 | Rating: 20 Age at tasting: 18 days |
Still has that "honey" taste. Need to dump in some yeast to help clean it up. |