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| By Jay Schroyer on Oct 2nd 2006, 3:51 pm | Permalink |
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Dumpy Sunday brew day. I did a quick porter using S04, but ended up with 63.2% efficiency! WTF. I've never had it that low before, but I should still end up with a 4.6% brew around 40 IBUs, so I guess I can deal with it. I tried a different cooler this time, a round Igloo instead of my big Ice Cube. That's the only thing that changed so I'm assuming that's where I fell short. I also ended up sparging with about 1/2 gallon too much water. I should have collected it all and boiled the hell out of it to concentrate it, but my pot is limited to 7.5gal. Also, my mash got interrupted by an emergency, so I'm really unsure of the mash temp for 40 minutes of it all. Live and learn. I bottled a small batch of apricot ale on Sat and it looks to be pretty awesome. Very simple extract 2.5gal batch: 2# amber LME 3# Oregon apricot puree 1 oz. Glacier hops US56 I've never made a fruit beer like this before that actually tastes like the fruit I put in it. And with the fruit in primary none the less. It's got a tart, crisp taste to it, but at the same time a bitterness that turns into the taste of dried apricot skins. We'll see how it carbs up. Might think about making 5 gallons of this one, but the Oregon puree comes in pretty expensive at $12 per 3# can. |
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