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Date started:      15 February 2004
Volume:            26 litres

Initial density:   
Brix:           11.6%

4.015 kg        Coopers extra light malt extract
50g             DME in starter
175g		Coopers extra light malt extract (priming)
47g             Tettnang 5.5% AA
18g             Tettnang 5.5% AA
                Wyeast 2565 Kölsch Yeast

Alcohol:	5.0% v/v
IBU:		30

47g hops boiled in water for 70 minutes.  18g added 5 minutes from
end.  Strained into cool water and rinsed.

Malt extract boiled for 20 minutes with about 10 litres water, cooled
to 50° and added to wort.  Diluted to 26 liters, 40°.  Cooled in
fridge.

Pitched at 28°.

Date    time freq         wort    surroundings
16.ii   am      0.32 Hz   20.5°   15.5°
	pm	0.56 Hz	  18°	14.5°
17.ii	am	0.20 Hz	  18°	14.0°
	pm	0.17 Hz	  17.5°	15.0°
18.ii	am	0.13 Hz	  18.0°	16.0°
	pm	0.11 Hz	  18.0°	17.0°
19.ii	am	0.092 Hz  18.0°	17.0°
	pm	0.092 Hz  18.0°	17.0°
20.ii	am	0.080 Hz  18.0°	17.0°
	pm	0.072 Hz  18.0°	17.0°
21.ii	am	0.070 Hz  18.0°	17.0°
	midday	racked, density 1021
		Probably a little early: still significant
		yeast on top of brew.
22.ii	am	0	<10°  (thermostat left outside fridge)
23.ii	am	0.048 Hz  16.5°
	pm	0.049 Hz  17.5°	17.5°
24.ii	am	0.044 Hz  19.0° 18.0°
	pm	0.044 Hz  19.5° 17.0°
25.ii	am	0.029 Hz  18.5° 16.5°
	pm	0.031 Hz  18.0° 16.0°
26.ii	am	0.026 Hz  18.0° 16.0°
	pm	0.031 Hz  18.0° 16.0°
27.ii	am	bottled with 275g extra pale malt extract
			(9.4 g/l, approx 6.8 g maltose/l)
		Density 1018 (1015 before priming)
		7.5% Brix (6.8% before priming)
		pH 4.2

Bottling statistics:
        Bottles         size    total
	26		0.5 l	13.0 l
	34		0.375 l	12.75 l
        Total                   25.75 l

Notes

• Colour still too dark, even with only extra light malt extract.
• Bottling density seems very high, doesn't match Brix. Could be the extract.