6th Brew - Imperial Amber

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Brew: Imperial Amber
Date: 05/19/2007
Weather: Partlty Cloudy, , 50°-71°
Recipe: PDF | REC
Pictures: None taken
Notes: None recorded

Statistics

Original Gravity: 1.075 
Efficiency: 78%
Final Gravity: 1.014
Attenuation: 80.36%
Alcohol By Volume: 8.09%

Detailed Brewing Summary

Time Description
08:40 am Began filling the HLT
08:41 am Began heating the HLT. Water started at 60°
  PH Reading: 8.14, added 3 Tbsp buffer 5.2
09:02 am PH Reading: 6.22, added 2 Tbsp buffer 5.2
09:24 am PH Reading: 6.06
  Dough In
09:45 am Began recirculation
09:55 am Mash started
11:25 am Mash Stopped, began mash out
11:26 am Began heating HLT to sparge temp
11:40 am Started sparging
11:55 am  Done sparging
12:55 pm Began heating boil.
01:45 pm Boil Started. Gap is due the fact we ran out of gas and needed to get more
02:08 pm 1st hop addition - 60 min, 1 oz Nugget
02:23 pm 2nd hop addition - 45 min, 1 oz Nugget
02:38 pm 3rd hop addition - 30 min, 1.5 oz Nugget, .75 oz Amarillo, .75 Cascade
02:53 pm 4th hop addition - 15 min, 2 oz Nugget, 1 oz Amarillo, 1 oz Cascade

Fermentation Schedule

Date Time Description
05/19/2007 04:40 pm Placed fermentor in laundry room and fixed ETC at 72° w/ 1° variance
05/20/2007 02:50 pm Bubbles 2-3 times per second
05/29/2007 08:15 pm Gravity Reading: 1.018. Gold orange color, lots of sediment, mild bitter.
    Bubbles @ 1 / 20 Seconds
05/30/2007 10:33 pm Dumped trub. Secondary started.
05/31/2007 08:30 pm Gravity Reading: 1.016.
    Added 5 oz's of dry hop (2 amarillo, 2 cascade, 1 nugget)
06/08/2007 06:00 pm Final gravity: 1.014. Lots of flavor and aroma hops.

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