Check |
Time |
Step |
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4 days before |
Make Yeast Starter: California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [Starter 500 ml] |
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Date: ________ |
Sanitize primary fermentor, airlock, wine thief, hydrometer jar, mix-stir aerator, heat exchanger, wort wizard, and stoppers. Clean boil ketlle, mash tun, tubing, paddle, hydrometer, thermometer, pyrex cup. |
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Add Irish moss to 0.25 cup cold water in pyrex cup. |
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Prepare 4.16 gal strike water. Temp:______ F |
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Prepare Ingredients for Mash
Amount |
Item |
Type |
11.00 lb |
Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) |
Grain |
1.00 lb |
Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
1.00 lb |
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) |
Grain |
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2 min |
Mash Ingredients Step: Add 16.64 qt of water at 166.7 F |
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60 min |
Hold mash at 152.0 F for 60 min. Preheat hot liquor tank. Temp:______ F |
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Add first wort hops to boiler at start of sparge
Amount |
Item |
Type |
0.50 oz |
Chinook [13.00%] (60 min)
First Wort Hop |
Hops |
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Recirculate and sparge with 4.06 gal of 175.0 F water to achieve boil volume of 6.41 gal
Measure Gravity: ________ @ Temp:______ F
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Boil for 60 min |
Start to Boil |
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30 min into boil |
Add 0.50 oz Centennial [10.90%] (Boil 30 min) |
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30 min into boil |
Add 1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 30.0 min) |
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Steep for 30 min |
Steep 1.00 oz Cascade [4.70%] (30 min) Aroma Hop-Steep |
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Cool wort to fermentation temperature with
heat exchanger and transfer to primary fermentor with wort wizard.
Aerate wort with mix-stir.
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Measure Original Gravity: ________ @ Temp:______ F (Estimate: 1.063 SG) |
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Add Ingredients to Fermentor
Amount |
Item |
Type |
1 Pkgs |
California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [Starter 500 ml] |
Yeast-Ale |
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Clean boil kettle, paddle, thermometer, wine thief, mix-stir aerator, hydrometer,
mash tun, tubing, heat exchanger, and wort wizard. |
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10 days |
Ferment in primary for 10 days at 68.0 F |
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Date: ________ |
Sanitize racking cane, tip, tubing, carboy cap, secondary fermentor, airlock, and stopper. |
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Add Ingredients to Fermentor
Amount |
Item |
Type |
1.00 oz |
Cascade [4.70%] (14 days)
Dry Hop |
Hops |
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Transfer to secondary fermentor. |
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Clean primary fermentor, racking cane, tip, tubing, and carboy cap. |
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14 days |
Ferment in secondary for 14 days at 68.0 F |
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Date: ________ |
Measure Final Gravity: ________ @ Temp:______ F (Estimate: 1.014 SG) |
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Sanitize
keg,
racking cane, tip, tubing, crimper, and carboy cap.
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Transfer to
keg, force carbonate at 40.0 F at a pressure of 12.2 PSI. |
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Clean
fermentor, racking cane, tip, tubing, crimper, and carboy cap.
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7 days |
Age for 7 days at 40.0 F |
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Date: ________ |
Taste and enjoy! |