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Date started: 25 March 2004
Volume: 26 litres
0.125g Coopers extra light malt extract (starter)
20 g Pride of Ringwood 10.1% AA, 60 min
4.055 kg Coopers extra light malt extract
21 g Tettnang 5.5% AA, 10 min
0.324 kg extract for priming
Alcohol: 5.7% v/v (calculated)
4.7% v/v (based on initial density)
IBU: 27
Malt extract brought to the boil with about 5 litres water, cooled to 34°.
Hops boiled in water for 60 minutes, 20 g Tettnanger added 10 minutes from end. Diluted
to 18 litres in fermenter, extreact added. Resultant temperature 27°. Pitched with
starter made from slurry of of Brew 24.
Initial density (bottom): 1047 @ 28° = 1049 @20°
1048 (calculated)
Final density: 1012 (calculated)
Brix: 12.3% (bottom)
12.2% (top)
12.01% (calculated)
pH (bottom): 4.8
IBUs: 27 (calculated)
Potential ethanol: 4.94 % v/v (calculated)
3.92 % w/w (calculated)
Date time freq wort surroundings
25.iii pm pitched 27.0° 18.0°
26.iii am 0.51 Hz 20.0° 18.0°
pm 0.44 Hz 20.0° 18.0°
27.iii am 0.32 Hz 20.0° 18.5°
pm 0.22 Hz 20.5° 18.0°
28.iii am 0.10 Hz 20.0° 18.0°
pm 0.060 Hz 18.5° 18.5°
29.iii am 0.047 Hz 20.0° 19.5°
midday 0.040 Hz 20.0° 19.5°
racked
2.iv pm bottled FG 1016 after priming = 1012 before priming
7.6% Brix after priming = 6.7% before priming
pH 4.1
Bottling statistics:
Bottles size total
13 0.75 l 9.75 l
21 0.5 l 10.5 l
12 0.375 l 4.5 l
Total 24.75 l
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