Month: August 2017

Brew Day (8/20/17) Did not use ph 5.2 stabilizer hit 150-151 F on mash in @ exactly 12 noon mashout water was around 203F instead of the 206F Beersmith calculated. At the end of the 10-min mashout, the mash was 163F, so this is lower than instructions said. Wort cooled to 69F and pitched dry…

I got a lot more hops than I did on year 1: 8.8 oz Cascade .65 oz Centennial Although the Centennial is still not much. I decided to do a wet-hop brew using entirely my homegrown hops. They were harvested only a couple hours before using. The portion that will be used for dry hopping is…