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Date started:   6 April 2004
Volume:         26 litres

0.130 kg        Coopers extra light malt extract (starter)
4.045 kg        Coopers extra light malt extract (wort)
0.325 kg        Coopers extra light malt extract (priming)
20 g            Pride of Ringwood 10.1% AA, 60 min
20 g            Tettnang 5.5% AA, 5 min
                Wyeast 2565 Kölsch Yeast

Alcohol:        5.5% v/v (calculated)
IBU:            27

Malt extract boiled for 10 minutes with about 5 litres water, cooled to 40°, diluted in
fermenter.

Hops boiled in water for 60 minutes, 20 g Tettnanger added 5 minutes from end.  Added to
wort in fermenter.  Resultant temperature 31°.  Cooled in fridge to 28°, pitched.

Initial density (bottom):  1048 @20°
Final density:             1012 (calculated)
Brix:                      12.3% (bottom)
                           12.3% (top)
                           11.98% (calculated)

                           --> Extract 79%

pH (bottom):               4.8
IBUs:                      27 (calculated)
Potential ethanol:         4.3551 w/w
                           5.4879 w/v

Date    time    freq      wort    surroundings
7.iv    am      0.71 Hz   22.5°     19.0°
        pm      0.27 Hz   20.0°     17.5°
8.iv    am      0.16 Hz   19.0°     17.5°
        pm      0.15 Hz   21.0°     19° (heating)
9.iv    am      0.14 Hz   22.0°     19° (heating)
        pm      0.078 Hz  20.0°     18°
10.iv   am      0.066 Hz  20.0°     19°
        midday  racked.  A little early: yeast had not settled yet.
        pm      0.076 Hz  20.0°     19°
11.iv   am      0.055 Hz  20.0°     19°
12.iv   am      0.038 Hz  20.0°     19°
13.iv   am      0.035 Hz  20.0°     19°
14.iv   am      0.025 Hz  20.0°     19°
15.iv   am      0.027 Hz  20.0°     19°
16.iv   am      0.024 Hz  20.0°     19°
17.iv   am      0.033 Hz  20.0°     19° (!)

2.iv    pm      bottled  FG 1016 after priming = 1012 before priming
                         7.6% Brix after priming = 6.7% before priming
                         pH 3.8

Bottling statistics:
        Bottles         size      total
        18              0.75 l    13.5 l
        20              0.5 l     10.0 l
         4              0.375 l    1.5 l

        Total                     25.00 l

Notes

• This brew is the same as Brew 24 except for:
  • Used Wyeast 2565 Kölsch Yeast instead of 1275 Thames Valley.