Mash 5.4 before salts
3g gypsum CaSO4
5g Calcium Chloride CaCl2
1/2 in mash, other half in sparge water.
Mini mash 4.8… Adding bicarbonate 1g
Now 5.6
Mash 30 mins in 5.3
Add 2g bicarbonate
Now 5.4
15mins
5g coriander , 5g riwaka, koppa floc
Flame out
5g coriander , 5g riwaka for 20 mins
Sparge water before 76c
6.5 pH
After salts 6.8!?
Blonde 13l
1.042 at 30c
Mid 10l
1.046
Dark 5l
1.050
27.01
1.050 before dark invert sugar
Added yeast starters from day before of house yeast
Vinegar hint on the nose followed by malt. Carbonation appears low, however mouthfeel is full. Initially seemed very sour, as it warmed has calmed down.
Added sugar syrup and boiled water to see if I can make a starter.
pH 3.07
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.3 g acid added – looked more than measure to bring down mash pH
.3 sparge water added citric acid .3g to reduce mash pH
80 min boil.
Kawakawa additions, each leaves cut into approx 5 strips:
95g -20 mins
30g -10 min
40g at flame out. Stepped for 15 mins
1.050 at 40c = 1.054 og
Brewed with Michael Donaldson – beer write Sunday Star times.
Hop – teas – Summer 6% pellet, Kawakawa and Green shops not yet mature
Pitched with 3 yeasts into separate fermenters.
25 Jan 2014 – Final gravities
Lager 1.014 more smoke than medicinal
S-05 1.012
Belg yeast 1.009 fuller, no smoke or medicine
Sassy Red
Used brew smith for calcs.
Used pH meter for the first time. pH notes follow:
Calibrate with 4 and 6.86
No temp adjustments for ph
Tap water 7.0
55 tap 7.2
Mash initially
Sparge water 15l
Added 1g citric acid ph dropped to 4!
2(3//-
Added .3 bi carb ph now 5.3
Sparge water 5.61
Ph of last run off from sparge 5.6
Pre boil gravity 1.050 at 32c
Final chilled wort Ph 5.00
Approx 22l 1.044 at 31c
Approx 4.5L of the dreggs, run through kava filter bag, into 11L fermentor
Added starter, small portion into 4.5l
sassy-red-score-sheet-2014-02-3
Notes:
Aroma: Vegetal (hops maybe?) might be DMS 5/12
Appearance: Very close colour, almost spot on 3/3
Flavour: Lacking body 2/5
Mouthfeel: Lacking body
Overall impression: Meeds more malt intensity, needs more body
get rid of DMS, pretty good clone
28/50 – 2nd place – 1st place Barb with 29 points.