Thursday, September 18, 2014

Viejo Retiro 4

3.3kg Pale Ale  (13 scoops)
1.3kg Pilsen  (6.2 scoops)
0.3kg Melanoidin  (1.3 scoops)

20 Liters of strike water @ 73°C (a little low.)
Mash @ 67°C for 90 minutes
Add 6 liters water
Add 40g of Cascade
90 minute Boil 

Yield: 20 Liters

This recipe is a result of my fucking up my malt order.  I ended up with too little Melanoidin for 80 liters.

So I divided the 10kg of Pale Ale into 3 batches instead of 4, topped off with Pilsen, then divided a kilo of Melanoidin into 3 batches.

This is something I wanted to try anyway: I was thinking about increasing the percentage of Pale Ale and decided to back off the Melanoidin just a little.  Worked out fine.

It did, however, leave me with much more Pilsen than I wanted to have on hand.  I plan to use all remaining Pilsen malt for a Honey Beer.

73° strike water left me with a mash-in temperature of 64° ...I carefully raised it to 67°.  I believe I will increase the strike temp to 75° next time.

I'm also hoping that my "scoop" measurement system works out well ...I don't want to buy a scale.

Bidon 2, as above.
Bidon 3, mashed-in @ 68°, no heating required.

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