November Brewday

[groovyslick]

add 10 for aaron!

how are we doing the grain bill?

[RobDrechsler]

We can pull wort of the mash if you want to do a minimash of some specialties to change the style.
Of course you would have to boil the wort yourself.

Lots of possibilities but would need to plan ahead.
One thought I had was to pull off a bit of the first and second runnings to make a strong dark by adding some specialty malts.

So we have the following commitments

Wayne 5-10 gallons
Damon 5-10 gallons
Jason 5-10 gallons
JHarrington - 5+ gallons

I can jump in for 5 - 10 gals, let me know... belgium pale is just fine..

[aperkin]

Just got a nice kegerator and five corny kegs that I need to fill up. Would be happy to take 5 gals if any. Would be extremely happy with a pale ale as my current batch in the fermentor is a darker Christmas Ale.

Andy

[MixnMatchBrew]

add 10 for aaron!

how are we doing the grain bill?

I will order the malt today:

Tentative recipe:

Belgian Pale Ale - Belgian Pale Ale (16B)Brewer NTHBA
Date 11/02/2011
Batch Size 45.000 gal Boil Size 48.000 gal
Boil Time 60.000 min Efficiency 70%
OG 1.061 FG 1.016
ABV 5.8% Bitterness 23.6 IBU (Tinseth)
Color 9.0 srm (Morey) Calories (per 12 oz.) 201
Fermentables
Total grain: 110.230 lbName Type Amount Mashed Late Yield Color
Pilsner (2 Row) Bel Grain 98.982 lb Yes No 79% 2.0 srm
Caramunich Malt Grain 6.749 lb No No 72% 56.0 srm
Munich Malt - 10L Grain 4.499 lb Yes No 77% 10.0 srm
Hops
Name Alpha Amount Use Time Form IBU
Golding 5% 8.000 oz Boil 60.000 min Pellet 13.9
Saaz (Czech Republic) 4.5% 4.500 oz Boil 40.000 min Pellet 6.2
Saaz (Czech Republic) 4.5% 4.500 oz Boil 15.000 min Pellet 3.5
Yeast
Name Type Form Amount Stage
Wyeast - Belgian Ardennes Ale Liquid 1.000 gal Primary
Mash
Name Type Amount Temp Target Temp Time
Main Infusion 33.632 gal 162.975 F 151.000 F 45.000 min
Final Batch Sparge Infusion 28.821 gal 185.771 F 165.200 F 15.000 min
Instructions

Add 98.982 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel, 6.79 lb Caramunich Malt, 4.499 lb Munich Malt - 10L, to the mash tun.
Bring 33.632 gal water to 162.975 F, 28.821 gal water to 185.771 F, for upcoming infusions.
Add 33.632 gal water at 162.975 F to mash to bring it to 151.000 F. Hold for 45.000 min.
Add 28.821 gal water at 185.771 F to mash to bring it to 165.200 F. Hold for 15.000 min.
Bring the wort to a boil and hold for 60.000 min.
Put 8.000 oz Golding into boil for 60.000 min.
Put 4.500 oz Saaz (Czech Republic) into boil for 40.000 min.
Put 4.500 oz Saaz (Czech Republic) into boil for 15.000 min.
Stop boiling the wort.
You should have 46.000 gal wort post-boil. You anticipate losing 4.000 qt to trub and chiller loss. The final volume in the primary is 45.000 gal.
Cool wort and pitch Wyeast - Belgian Ardennes Ale yeast, to the primary.
Let ferment until FG is 1.016.
Transfer beer to secondary.

[RobDrechsler]

wow , how long is that going to take to cool down? how do you plan to chill it? need bags of ice? please let us know what we can do to contribute

[MixnMatchBrew]

wow , how long is that going to take to cool down? how do you plan to chill it? need bags of ice? please let us know what we can do to contribute

Rob,

I have a 50 foot chiller and will make another 50 foot chiller that will fit around it for the brew day and will run them in parallel.
I'm not sure how much ice we will need. Alot. Probably 100 pounds would be reasonable

I figure we can use the HLT with a sump pump to recirculate ice water to drop to pitch temp after running tap water to get the initial temp below 120 or so.

I'll run some numbers for the ingredients any anyone taking some of the wort can chip in their portion.

I'll bring 2 propane tanks.

[RobDrechsler]

last question for now.... is that the yeast you plan to use?

Wyeast Belgian Ardennes 3522XL

[MixnMatchBrew]

Rob,

I just put that in for the style. I'm not sure if I'll go with that or a saison yeast.

Still thinking about my share of wort.

[groovyslick]

I will be making a 3522 starter, so if anyone else wants some say so! On Wednesday I will go to HBHQ and get yeast packs to start it.

[MixnMatchBrew]

Ok here is what I have into the brew so far:
Price includes discounts etc:

2 bags of Dingman Pilsen malt - $122.38
7 lbs of Caramunich - $10.92
Munich malt - have on hand
Czech Saaz - Cost would be about $15.00 for 8 oz if bought in bulk.

I have willamette pellets and leaf hops still sealed in vacuum bags to sub for the Goldings.

Anyone have Czech Saaz? Sterling would probably be ok to sub in too.

Not counting the willamette pellets cost is around $15-$16 per 5 gallons of wort.
45 gallons would work out to 9 shares of 5 gallons.

[Mike Grover]

Count me in for 5 gallons!

[jlavin]

I'd like to get 5 gallons if possible.

[MixnMatchBrew]

I set up the system with fittings and ran it today.

Kelly was nice enough to give me some cracked grains to test it.
I believe I will have to modify the wind screens as the burner was too close to the kettle.

Here is a picture as it stands now.

[MixnMatchBrew]

Quantities.

Lets keep it to 5 gallons a person and those who spoke up first will have first option for 10.

[BrotherhoodBrew]

Is there a whirlpool on there? just wondering.