Brewlog: Dunkel Weizen - April 26, 2009
| Brewed: | April 26, 2009 | Bottled/Kegged: | May 20, 2009 | Status: | Ready |
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Values:
| Volume to fermenter[ltr (gal)]: | 20.00 | Alcohol by volume: | 5.20% | Apparent Attenuation: | 75.04% |
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| Original Gravity[SG]: | 1.052 | Final Gravity[SG]: | 1.013 | Colour [SRM(EBC)]: | |
| BU/GU ratio: | 0.23 | Balance: | 0.48 |
Recipe Values:
| Expected Mash Efficiency: | 70.00% | Expected Bitterness[IBU]: | 12.00 |
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| Actual Mash Efficiency: | 55.55% |
Comments:
This one used 3333 instead of 3068 yeast. The batch was split 3 ways and diluted down from the original.
Log entries:
Attenuation(points) vs Time(days)
| Mon May 11, 2009 08:55 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.023, Temp[C (F)]: 22.00 (71.60), Atten: 55.51%, ABV: 3.85% | Radical surgery is well underway now. Added 7ml of liquid emzymes + 200gms of sugar, and 1/3rd of the yeast cake of one of the batches. Also bumped the temp up to 22C Already a mini krausen is present. |
| Thu May 07, 2009 20:02 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.019, Temp[C (F)]: 12.00 (53.60), Atten: 62.55%, ABV: 4.34% | Still tastes boring and still has not finished ... time for major surgery |
| Sun May 03, 2009 22:53 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.016, Temp[C (F)]: 19.00 (66.20), Atten: 68.62%, ABV: 4.76% | Not much change |
| Thu April 30, 2009 15:04 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.019, Temp[C (F)]: 19.00 (66.20), Atten: 62.55%, ABV: 4.34% | Starting to lose the burnt taste, and looks fantastic. Flavour is pretty subdued for a wheat though. |
| Tue April 28, 2009 20:54 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.016, Temp[C (F)]: 18.00 (64.40), Atten: 68.62%, ABV: 4.76% | Tasted fairly insipid and still have the smokey phenolic from where it was burnt during the mash step process. But early days yet. |
Log tasting entries:
| Thu June 11, 2009 20:11 | Rating: 10 Age at tasting: 22 days |
really crap too bitter burnt taste acetaldehyde ... take your pick |