Brew Log : Black Beer

Brewlog: Black Beer - May 3, 2010

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Brewed:	May 3, 2010	Bottled/Kegged:	May 29, 2010	Status:	Ready

Expected Mash Efficiency:	75.00%	Expected Bitterness[IBU]:	26.08
Actual Mash Efficiency:	75.89%

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4pm Finished brewing around 12pm. Still waiting for the yeast to drop out of the yeast starter so I can pitch the damn thing.

Finally pitched the yeast around 7pm. Had to pour some of the starter off with yeast in suspension, as need to pitch it tonight.

The other half has been cubed and will be fermented once this lot has finished out.

Log tasting entries:

Tue June 08, 2010 02:35

Rating: 35
Age at tasting: 10 days

Very malty, slight bitterness. Has come off as a good session beer. Maybe not as dark as expected.

Sun June 13, 2010 12:33	Gravity reading[SG]: 1.017, Atten: 66.96%, ABV: 4.71%	Final gravity from second batch that was cubed, kegged tonight.
Sat May 29, 2010 01:38	Gravity reading[SG]: 1.014, Atten: 74.11%, ABV: 5.22%	Kegged today
Tue May 11, 2010 10:26	Gravity reading[SG]: 1.012, Temp[C (F)]: 11.00 (51.80), Atten: 76.48%, ABV: 5.38%	Hopefully close to finishing. Was quite grainy at this point, but excessive bitterness seems to have subsided.
Mon May 10, 2010 10:48		Fermenting strongly and steadily ... seems like it will be another week away from finishing.
Sat May 08, 2010 05:57	Gravity reading[SG]: 1.022, Temp[C (F)]: 11.00 (51.80), Atten: 58.55%, ABV: 4.12%	Still fermenting strongly .. perhaps a touch on the bitter side, but ok otherwise at this stage.
Wed May 05, 2010 01:41	Gravity reading[SG]: 1.044, Temp[C (F)]: 11.00 (51.80), Atten: 15.54%, ABV: 1.09%	I forgot how annoying lagers where to ferment. Go so slowly, but steadily.
Mon May 03, 2010 22:07	Gravity reading[SG]: 1.052, Temp[C (F)]: 11.00 (51.80), Atten: 0.00%, ABV: 0.00%	Fermentation has kicked off (slowly) this morning. Temp set to 11C