23rd Brew - Berliner Weisse

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Brew:	Berliner Weisse
Date:	7/11/2009
Weather:	Partly Cloudy, mid 70s
Recipe:	PDF \| BTP
Pictures:	Click here to see the pictures
Notes:	Did a 14 gallon recipe because of need for grain to go over mash probe. This was possible because of short boil Boil was only 15 minutes Pitched 1 liter 2 vial latobaccillus starter at 81 degrees

Statistics

Original Gravity:	1.040 sg
Efficiency:	100% recorded. Thus, extract or volume was wrong
Final Gravity:	1.008 sg
Attenuation:	80%
Alcohol By Volume:	4.18%

Detailed Brewing Summary

Time	Description
10:55 am	HLT Fill started
	HLT Heat started
11:05 am	HLT Fill complete
11:10 am	HLT Heat complete @ 110 degs
11:18 am	Dough-in Started
11:20 am	Mash step 1 started. 110 degs, 15 mins
11:23 am	Dough-in Completed. 15 lbs, 5.75 gallons, 1.5-1.6 qts/lb
11:38 am	Started HERMS for step 2
11:52 am	Mash step 2 started. 122 degrs, 20 mins.
12:12 pm	Started HERMS for step 3
12:36 pm	Mash setp 3 started. 150 degs, 60 mins
01:45 pm	Mash-out started
02:03 pm	Sparge started. Collecting 14.34 gallons
02:53 pm	Began heating boil
03:20 pm	Boil started.
?????	Remainder not recorded

Fermentation Schedule

Date	Time	Description
07/11/2009	04:00 pm	Pitched 1 liter lacto starter and placed in storage. Final temp 81 degrees
	07:15 pm	Placed into freezer to drop temp. Set to 74 degrees
07/12/2009	09:30 am	Bubbling at 5-6 / second
	11:00 pm	Lacto kreusan head already at top of fermentor
		Added 1/2 peck of chopped peaches.This cause massive overflow
		Add blow-off tube
	02:30 pm	Added 2 vials of eurpean ale yeast. Set freezer temperature to 69
	08:00 pm	Still pushing foam into blow-off. Bubble rate between 9-10 / second
07/13/2009	07:00 pm	Added another 1/2 peck of chopped peaches.
		Bubble rate slowed to 1-2 / second
07/14/2009	08:00 am	Bubble rate 1 every 2 seconds
07/18/2009	06:15 pm	Dumped trube. Very mily not much yeast.
		Gravity reading: 1.008 sg
		Cloudy color, very mild sour, light wheat flavor
07/31/2009	08:00 pm	Bottles 4 cases of 750s targeting 4 volumes.
		Gravity: 1.008 sg

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