Whore-Garden
Witbier
Type: All Grain Date: 6/2/2012
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal Brewer: Jacob
Boil Size: 4.27 gal Asst Brewer: Finn
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Pot and Cooler ( 5 Gal/19 L) - Extract/Partial Mash
End of Boil Volume 3.90 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 50.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal Est Mash Efficiency 57.5 %
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes: Pre-conditioning measure --
Tastes better than nearly any other beer I've made thus far. Smells like bannana bread, tastes are a mix of banana and juicy fruit

Ingredients

Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
6 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 50.8 %
5 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 2 42.4 %
8.0 oz Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.2 %
4.8 oz Wheat Malt, Bel (7.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.6 %
0.25 oz Opal [6.30 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 5 5.2 IBUs
0.25 oz Citra [14.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 10.9 IBUs
0.25 oz Aurora [7.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 7 3.4 IBUs
1.50 oz Orange Rind (Boil 20.0 mins) Spice 8 -
0.13 oz Black Pepper Corn (Boil 20.0 mins) Spice 9 -
0.50 oz Opal [6.30 %] - Aroma Steep 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safbrew Wheat (DCL/Fermentis #WB-06) [50.28 ml] Yeast 11 -

Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.045 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.055 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 3.9 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.8 %
Bitterness: 19.5 IBUs Calories: 182.8 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 4.9 SRM

Mash Profile
Mash Name: Single Infusion, Full Body Total Grain Weight: 11 lbs 12.8 oz
Sparge Water: 0.52 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.20

Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 15.75 qt of water at 169.0 F 156.0 F 45 min
Mash Out Add 5.90 qt of water at 205.0 F 168.0 F 10 min
Sparge Step: Fly sparge with 0.52 gal water at 168.0 F
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).

Carbonation and Storage
Carbonation Type: Keg Volumes of CO2: 2.3
Pressure/Weight: 12.54 PSI Carbonation Used: Keg with 12.54 PSI
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 45.0 F Age for: 30.00 days
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage Storage Temperature: 65.0 F

Notes
161f > 150f > 146f > 162f
1/8 oz of blackpepper corns [post note: add to secondary, primary, or nix]
1.055 first runnigns
Opal @ 3:47
15 Brix / 1.058/9 - 1.055 4 Hydrometer
Boil volume just below 4gal

End Boil - 1.073
Pitch @ 1.055 - 80f [may have been way too warm]

After 1 day, 74f
day 2, 65f [temp dropped too fast, brought back inside apartment]
day 3/4, ~71f

6.6.12
1.012

6.8.12
1.011 - split 1gal and pitched 'bugs'

[notes in sections are post-brew reflections]

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