Great thread pal.
chuffed you enjoyed.
im thinking of doing a smaller batch in the near furure.
chuffed you enjoyed.
im thinking of doing a smaller batch in the near furure.
First AG Brew day - SMaSH Citra IPA
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jafski
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2 weeks in the fermenter, just read gravity for the first time, got 1.002 at 21'c. Checked and checked again.
OG was 1.054, so that's an ABV of 6.8%!
How is that possible? Brewsmith predicted 5.8%.
OG was 1.054, so that's an ABV of 6.8%!
How is that possible? Brewsmith predicted 5.8%.
1.002 is very low. What yeast did you use? Did the sample taste alright?
jafski
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Used Safale 05.
It tastes great, hoppy and clean and it does taste 6.8%
Looking around on the internet, seen others have reached 1.002 with the same yeast, so not so worried now.
Like this one: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=221432
It tastes great, hoppy and clean and it does taste 6.8%
Looking around on the internet, seen others have reached 1.002 with the same yeast, so not so worried now.
Like this one: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=221432
jafski
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Here you go, all the details:
SMaSH Citra IPA - 04/02/2017
Ingredients:
5.4 kg Maris Otter
200gm Citra Hops
5g Irish Moss
safale 05 yeast 1 pack
Initial liquor volume 48l
Water treatment:
75ml of CRS to liquor
6g DLS added to grain (no further addition to wort pre-boil)
1 campden tablet
Mash volume 14.08L
Mash target temp was 66.7ââ¬â¢c, achieved 66.5ââ¬â¢c with strike water at 75ââ¬â¢c.
Mash Ph achieved 5.2
60 minute mash - final mash temp 66ââ¬â¢c.
Fly sparge
Pre boil volume of 33.5L
Pre-boil OG of 1.040 @ 53ââ¬â¢c = 1.050 @ 20ââ¬â¢c
jafski
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OK for those who are interested. Just under 3 weeks in the bottle (bottled on 25th Feb after five days dry hopping) and I've had a taste. Very light in colour. Really dry and crisp, but those mango flavours from the citra are lovely. Not a complex beer as you'd expect from a SM&SH I guess. The hops overcome the alcohol so it's very drinkable. A little hazy, but that may be the sheer amount of hops, that's what I'm telling myself anyway! Here's a pic.
75ml of CRS? You're water must be bloomin hard!
jafski
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You can almost knock a nail in with it! Here's the latest report:
328 mg/l (or parts per million)
:Calcium Carbonate
131.2 mg/l (or parts per million)
:Calcium
22.829 ðC
Degrees Clark
32.8 ðF
Degrees French
18.63 ðdH
Degrees German
3.28 mmol/l
:Millimoles
