Brewlog: 1000 Years and Counting Hefeweissbier - December 26, 2009
| Brewed: | December 26, 2009 | Bottled/Kegged: | January 3, 2010 | Status: | Ready |
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Values:
| Volume to fermenter[ltr (gal)]: | 23.00 | Alcohol by volume: | 5.07% | Apparent Attenuation: | 80.16% |
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| Original Gravity[SG]: | 1.047 | Final Gravity[SG]: | 1.009 | Colour [SRM(EBC)]: | |
| BU/GU ratio: | 0.21 | Balance: | 0.50 |
Recipe Values:
| Expected Mash Efficiency: | 70.00% | Expected Bitterness[IBU]: | 10.60 |
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| Actual Mash Efficiency: | 70.00% |
Comments:
Added 3 grams of CaCl
Added grain, temp dropped to 33 Degrees, 1:25pm
Started heating, stirring almost continuously initially.
@1:35pm @52 Degrees, start protein rest
@1:47pm Started heating to 65 Degrees
@1:59pm Start of mass for 90 minutes (Actual temp 66!67 Degrees)
Added 1/4 teaspoon of Cirtic Acid to get ph down to 5.5~6 range
@2:28pm 10.8 brix, stiring every 5 minutes or so
@53 minutes to go to end of mash, 12.8 Brix(SG:1052)
@36 minutes to go to end of mash, heating to maintain 66 Degrees mash temp
@33 minutes to go to end of mash, 13.4 Brix(SG:1055)
@19 minutes to go to end of mash, 13.6 Brix(SG:1055)
@8 minutes to go to end of mash, 13.9~14 Brix(SG:1057)
Added near boiling water to total volume 30.5 liters, 9.4 Brix(SG:1038)
@3:58pm Start of Boil for 90 minutes
@4:28pm added 40 grams of 2.8% AA Hallertau Hersbrucker hops in hop bag
@4:58 11 Brix(SG:1044~1045)
@10 minutes from end of boil, added immersion chiller.
@5:28pm, flame out, started cold water flowing.
@5:50pm, transfer wort to fermenter (@~24 Degrees) and into fridge at 5 degrees to cool as quickly as possible, yeh right!
@9:45pm Areated wort with painter stirrer on power drill for two minutes, lots of foam.
Pitched yeast, @16 Degrees. Fridge set to 12 Degrees 27-Dec-09
@10am Fridge set to 14 Degrees (Cool On at 15 Degrees), Fermentation has started, but very slowly.
@7pm Fridge temperature set to 15 Degrees (Cool On at 16 Degrees)
@9pm Bubbling every 15 seconds or so. 28-Dec-09
@10am Fridge set to 16 Degrees (Cool On at 17 Degrees), bubbling < every 5 seconds now, SG measurement taken
@2:15pm Bubbling now every 2~3 seconds regularly
@7:15pm Bubbling now every 2~3 seconds, SG measurement taken 29-Dec-09
@10am Changes the Fridge set to 17 Degrees (Cool On at 18 Degrees), still bubbling every 4~5 seconds
@12:40pm Banana aroma is now evident in the fridge
@7pm Real fruity aroma from sample take for Brix/SG measurement. Still a very large amount of suspended material. Color very light (Too light??) 3-Jan-2010
Bottled beer. I had a sniff of the fermenter after I had completed bottling as go a surprise. A very strong solvent like alcohol smell - Have I made 21 Ltrs of top dollar drain cleaner?
Log entries:
Attenuation(points) vs Time(days)
| Sat January 02, 2010 06:18 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.009, Temp[C (F)]: 17.00 (62.60), Atten: 80.16%, ABV: 5.07% | Fermentation appears to be complete now, beer clearing, or should I say heavier particles falling out. Brix Measurement: 5.9 or 6, so entered 6.
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| Tue December 29, 2009 13:00 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.009, Temp[C (F)]: 17.00 (62.60), Atten: 80.16%, ABV: 5.07% | Opened the fridge door, noticed a nice Banana aroma, not over powering by any means, but I noticed it. As the Wyeast web site suggested, the 3333 provides quite a fruity flavour, looks like its doing the right things. |
| Tue December 29, 2009 08:11 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.009, Temp[C (F)]: 20.00 (68.00), Atten: 80.16%, ABV: 5.07% | Real fruity aroma now.
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| Mon December 28, 2009 19:30 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.024, Temp[C (F)]: 20.00 (68.00), Atten: 48.43%, ABV: 3.06% | Bubbling every 2~3 seconds.
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| Mon December 28, 2009 10:00 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.041, Temp[C (F)]: 16.00 (60.80), Atten: 13.06%, ABV: 0.83% | Bubbling regularly now, once per 5 seconds.
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| Sat December 26, 2009 22:20 | Gravity reading[SG]: 1.048, Temp[C (F)]: 16.00 (60.80), Atten: -1.80%, ABV: -0.11% | SG taken just prior to yeast starter being pitched.
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Log tasting entries:
| Fri April 09, 2010 10:00 | Rating: 30 Age at tasting: 3 months |
This was a great beer, but its all gone - what more can I say.
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| Fri January 08, 2010 09:49 | Rating: 30 Age at tasting: 5 days |
After a week in the laundry at around 20 degrees, I was ready to try my first bottle. Opening my Grolsch bottle (500ml), a reasonable level of carbonation, but I am sure another few days will help improve that. Good white foamy (very fine bubbles) head in my German wheat beer glass that lasted very well down to the last 10mm of beer in the glass. Fruity aroma, not over powering by any means, maybe the slightest hop aroma, maybe. Color very light yellow as expected, just like a (Coopers) pale ale to be more precise. Beer was cloudy, probably more because I gave the bottle a good shake before placing in fridge for an hour or so. Taste, again, I could not pick out a specific flavor, it was just mildly fruity. I could no doubt sink a few of these in a go if their were more in the fridge. |