Recipe Type: All-Grain
Yeast: WLP500
Yeast Starter: 1/2 yeast cake from Batch 38
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 gallons
Original Gravity: 1.077 before D180, est 1.083 total OG after D180
Final Gravity: 1.011 (ABV: 10.1%)
IBU: 23
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 22
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp):
20# German Pilsner
1# Aromatic
8oz CaraAroma
1# D180 (as krausen fell)
1.5oz Northern Brewer (9.1 AAU)
added 7 gal water at 163*
added another 2 gal water at 163*
sparged with another 2 gal water at 170*
addition of 1 lb D180 syrup as the krausen fell, about 3-4 days after pitching the yeast.
1.011 FG, tested Monday, Sept 1 !!! Given the D180 addition, this gives us roughly 10% ABV. Clean, dark, subtly complex quad. I think it may age well.