Big thanks to BN. Almost ready to brew

[Rooster]

I'm not sure what happened to the last post I wrote, but I doesn't appear to be here. Anyhow as I thought I said... Thanks very much for you guys taking the time to reply. I've been doing some playing around on beersmith since and that can really mess with your head as far as recipe building goes.

I'm just going to brew something with what I have and take it from there. I will try the step mash with 148/152/Mashout with Malt, hops, yeast and water. What can go wrong?

I'll work on my process and understanding my set up, style will come in time.

I'll keep you posted.

Thanks again

[Rooster]

Hi Fellas,

So I made it through first all grain brew day. Below is what went into the mix.

In the end I was a bit short on volume into the fermenter due to getting used to the system losses, but I managed 1054 OG which came down to 1008 in 6 days.

It's currently being cold crashed and I will dry hop in another 2 days.

On the dry hopping topic, should I let it come back to room temp (22 deg C) during the dry hopping or should it stay in the fridge? Hope that's not a silly question.

Thanks again for the advice.

Cheers,


Rob



3.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 61.9 %
1.25 kg Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (3.9 EBC) Grain 2 25.8 %
0.25 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC) Grain 3 5.2 %
0.25 kg Munich Malt - 20L (39.4 EBC) Grain 4 5.2 %
0.10 kg Roasted Barley (591.0 EBC) Grain 5 2.1 %
40.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 6 26.8 IBUs
20.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 7 9.4 IBUs
0.32 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 8 -
20.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 9 2.4 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 10 -
20.00 g Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Day Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
Mash Schedule: 148/152 Step Mash
Total Grain Weight: 4.85 kg
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Mash in Add 9.59 l of water at 166.8 F 148.0 F 30 min
Mash Step Add 9.09 l of water at 157.4 F 152.0 F 30 min
Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun, , 12.87l) of 168.0 F water
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[Ozwald]

Personally I would've dry hopped it before crashing, but then I don't cold crash in the fermenter either. This is one of those topics where if you ask 10 different brewers you'll get 14 different answers plus a couple, "It depends."

I would advise against dry hopping cold, though. You're basically making tea. Tea bagging some cold water isn't going to extract very much. Even if you're making iced tea, you steep it in hot water then bring the temp down to serving. Same with dry hopping.

[Effingbeer]

Personally I would've dry hopped it before crashing, but then I don't cold crash in the fermenter either. This is one of those topics where if you ask 10 different brewers you'll get 14 different answers plus a couple, "It depends."

I would advise against dry hopping cold, though. You're basically making tea. Tea bagging some cold water isn't going to extract very much. Even if you're making iced tea, you steep it in hot water then bring the temp down to serving. Same with dry hopping.

I will say it: Warm(70ish) dry hopping is better. That is all.

[Ozwald]

Personally I would've dry hopped it before crashing, but then I don't cold crash in the fermenter either. This is one of those topics where if you ask 10 different brewers you'll get 14 different answers plus a couple, "It depends."

I would advise against dry hopping cold, though. You're basically making tea. Tea bagging some cold water isn't going to extract very much. Even if you're making iced tea, you steep it in hot water then bring the temp down to serving. Same with dry hopping.

I will say it: Warm(70ish) dry hopping is better. That is all.

It depends

[gwk453]

On the dry hopping topic, should I let it come back to room temp (22 deg C) during the dry hopping or should it stay in the fridge? Hope that's not a silly

For a first AG batch you have a solid Cascade late addition, so you will get some flavor and aroma. I would agree that you missed the window of opportunity to dry hop.

Dry hop your next batch. Beer isn't for dicking with, its for drinking.
Get drinking and stop dicking around.


Gary

[spiderwrangler]

Tea bagging some cold water isn't going to extract very much.

My scrot is tightening in protest just thinking about that...