Th club thought it would be fun to do a SMASH beer. I don't remember what grain or hops we landed on but I know I've got 15# of the grain. I think I will try to make beer fast.
I didn't calibrate the thermometers. I've crushed the grain just now and am heating up the strike water. I bought Crystal Geyser water.
9:57 - All mashed in. I'm going to wait an hour. I'll clean the keg and when I'm done, I will sparge. Mash temp is about 150F. I went a little high and added some cool water. About 1/4 of a gallon bu that was too much so I added some hot strike water. It initially looked a little thick and now looks like what I'm used to seeing. I probably added about 5 gallons. I also added a little acid to the mash. How much? I don't know. Did it need it? I don't know.
10:36 - It was a 30min mash. I'm sparging now. Just ran off the first as fast as I could. Then poured 3 gallons of cold water in, stirred
12:15 - All done. I'm guessing it rook 2.5 hours. Maybe 3. The OG will be 1.056. It tasted ok going into the fermenter. Other than that it was a boring day. Will all the short cuts spoil the beer. We will see how it comes out.
Some other things I did, I added the hops, whirlfloc, and yeast nutrient to the kettle just before I ran off the sparge. I used the immersion chiller. I thought it would clean up quicker.
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