California Common

Info:

• Brewer: David
  
• Date: 12/19/2008
• Size: 5 gallon post-boil
• Picked the hop-iest California Common recipe I could find
• Style Guide 7B, California Common
  

Grain Bill:

Main Mash

• 9.5 lbs Gambrinus Pilsner Malt
  
• 0.5 lbs Caramunich Malt
  

Yeast:

• Wyeast 2112 California Lager
  

The Mash:

• 3 gallons to 127 and dough in all grains.
  
• 30 minute protein wait at 120-123F.
  
• 90 minutes mash at 150F (+/- )
  
• Iodine tested good, no starch
  
• Sparge with 180F
• Sparged to about 6 gallons
  

The Boil (90 minutes):

• Slow to bring to boil, new burner, pretty small. Have to upgrade If I want to do more than a 5 gallon batch.
• All hops are Northern brewer
• 2 oz at 75 min ( this Hop sock split the seem at about 40 minutes, resulting in lots of loose hops.)
  
• 1 oz at 60 min
• 1 oz at 40 min
• 1 oz at 25 min
• 1 oz at 15 min
• 1/2 tsp Irish moss at 10 min
• 1/2 tsp Wyeast yeast nutrient at 10 min
  
• 1 oz at 5 min
• 1 oz back for dry hopping.
  

The Finish:

• Crash cool to 70F. Dropped to about 100, and slowed down while I found a working thermometer. My digital died in middle of brew (battery ?) and my backup only went down to 100F. Then dropped the rest of the way to 70F.
  
• OG: 1.051 at 60F. Target was 1.046 - 1.054
  
• Went to siphon to 6 gallon carboy, and the free hops plugged the siphon. Wound up skimming most of the free floating hops out with a mesh strainer. Then just funneling everything that was left into carboy by hand, Definitely less than ideal. Should have poured out to second pot, through strainer, and then siphoned from that to carboy (hindsite.)
  
• Temperature had dropped to 60F by time I got done with this. And pitched yeast.
  
• Lot more particulate in batch than I expected, I assume this is from the loose hops, seems to be settling out well though.