Anyhow, I got this as a kit from More Beer. It's Gary Glass' Mia Wallace Maibock.
10lbs German Pilsner
5lbs Vienna
1lb C15
1lb Carapils
0.5oz Magnum 12.6% AA in mash tun (first time I've done a first wort hopping)
1oz Magnum 12.6% AA at 30mins
0.5oz Saaz 3.5% AA at 15mins
1oz Saaz 3.5% AA at 0mins
Now I don't remember EXACTLY which yeast I picked, but I think it was WLP833. I got two packages. I did take a picture of the date and lot number. But not the exact name of the yeast. I made a pint starter with these two packages last week and put it in the fridge. Then this week I decanted off the beer and added in about 1200mL of fresh wort. It's in the fridge now.
WLP833 x2 MFG: Nov 8, 2017 LOT: 1047060
In the mash:
4g gypsum
1g salt
5g CaCl
5g lactic acid
10 min before end of boil:
Whirlfloc
Wyeast nutrient
1:09pm - Ok. I'm under some time pressure here. I've got to get everything done in time to have dinner with mom and 6pm. I'm currently mashed in at 150F. There's a lot of grain in there. I'm using distilled water and have added the brewing salts and lactic acid as per the brewersfriend.com calculator. The brewing salts were targeted for a light color and a malty profile. As per the calculator if we wanted to hit a pH of 5.2 I needed to add some lactic acid. After everything was added I went to measure it with the pH meter and that's where we ran into our first problem. The probe on the meter has spent the last few months dry instead of in the storage solution. The solution dries out so fast. It is now damaged and I will need to replace it which isn't a big deal. It's just that I can't measure the pH today. I do have some old pH strips laying around. Those things always seem to read low to me and in this case it read a little below 5.0. So if they do read low then maybe we did hit 5.2. But I'll never know. I'll just have to trust that I entered everything into the calculator right and we will see.
2:18pm - I over sparged. By about a gallon. Which is a lot. But I was in a rush to get this done before dinner. Pre-boil gravity was 1.055. Which means with a 90min boil I MAY get to 1.070. Even if I only get to 1.065 that will be fine. Other than that all seems to be going well.
5:21pm - All done. OG will be 1.068. I'm happy with that. Things went really well with the brewing, cooling, and cleanup. I did have a small issue accessing the Pi once it was all booted which was weird. Once it was all boot up I was able to terminal in and start all the programs. I was then able to access the web server like I always do. Then about 10 minutes later, I was unable to access the web server. From either my computer or my phone. I couldn't ping it from my computer either. Then I tried to terminal in again and I was able to. After that I could reach the web server and ping it. Very strange. I think it may be about to give up the ghost.
