Maggie Kolsch - Saturday May 26, 2018
Carboys The Mags Ingredients 23 lbs. Weyermann Bohemian Pils Malt 1 lb. CaraPils 95 g Saaz @ 4% AA for 60 min. Escarpment Kolsch Yeast 100% RO water CA - 34 S04 - 30 CI - 41 10.8 ml Lactic Acid in mash 0.7 ml Lactic Acid in sparge ( Not needed, but Bru'n Water says to add it so I am ) PH - 5.2 Add acid to room temp water before turning on the heat in both vessels. Added both salts to kettles. O.G. - 1.044 ( 73% ) - Far from 82 or even 93 like last time. F.G. - % - SRM - 3 BU - 22 Going with 2 qts. water per pound of grain. Adding acid to the sparge water for the first time. Lowered the PH in the mash to 5.2. We will see. Nothing has worked so far. Sick of tossing out beer, or whatever it is. Sucks real bad. Pitched yeast @ 4:30 pm after Scarlett Rose's recital. Again, the wort looks dark in the carboy. Too dark, just like the last one. I used no dark crystal at all, the srm is really at 2.9. Should be way lighter. No idea what is going on. Wo...