Bastogne Single

Bastogne Single

TGT OG 1.050 TGT FG 1.012 ABV 4.7% IBU 25.6 SRM 5.5

Assumed Efficiency: 73%
Target Volume: 5.94 gal
Target PBG: 1.041
Target OG: 1.050
Total Grain: 10.95 lbs.

90.0% - 9.85 lbs. Belgian Pale Malt
04.0% - 0.44 lbs. Vienna Malt
03.0% - 0.33 lbs. Weyermann White Wheat Malt
03.0% - 0.33 lbs. Acidulated Malt

1.77 oz. Czech Saaz (4.0% AA) @ 60 min.
0.50 oz. Styrian Goldings (2.6% AA) @ 5 min.
0.50 oz. Styrian Goldings (2.6% AA) @ 1 min.

1 Whirlfloc Tablet @ 15 min.
0.25 tsp Wyeast Yeast Nutrient @ 10 min.

White Labs WLP510 - Bastogne Ale

50% Carbon Filtered Waco, 50% Distilled
6.0 g Calcium Sulphate
9.0 g Calcium Chloride

Mash at 154

Notes:
14 August 2011 (1700) - Made 2 l starter of WLP510 (prod. date 04 May 2011) w/ Wyeast Nutrient on stir plate.

16 August 2011 - Moved starter off of stir plate and into cellar.

18 August 2011 (1200) - Moved starter into refrigerator to floc more yeast out.

(2200) - Decanted starter wort, poured yeast slurry into sanitized mason jar covered with aluminum foil. Made 1.6 l starter on stir plate.

(2330) - Krausen already forming in starter(!). Added 2 drops of Foam Control to keep from blowing out of starter flask.

19 August 2011 (1830) - Removed starter from stir plate and moved into cellar.

(1950) - Moved starter into refrigerator.

20 August 2011 (1700) - Removed starter from refrigerator.

20 August 2011 - Brewed by myself. Doughed in with 4 gal water at 165. Mashed at 154 for 60 minutes. Sparged with 4.56 gal. Collected 7.5 gal 1.030 wort. Efficiency was way off. Added 1.33 lbs DME to compensate. Boiled for 90 minutes. Yielded 6 gal 1.050 wort.

Yeast pitched at 66 degrees. Set controller to 68. Visible activity in 8 hours.

22 August 2011 (1400) - Removed aluminum foil and replaced with airlock. Sucked a bunch of Star San into carboy when installing airlock. Should be fine. Very active airlock activity.

24 August 2011 - Turned off temperature controller. Rose to 72 degrees.

26 August 2011 - Moved out of freezer to fireplace. Ambient ~75 degrees.

29 August 2011 - Gravity 1.015 (69.1% AA).

08 September 2011 - Gravity 1.014 (71.0% AA). Kegged ~4.75 gal, set to 9.0 PSI for 2.00 vol CO2 at 45 degrees F.