4 Dog Brewery

Making 2 batches just before we go to Quebec and this should be ready to rack when we get back.                                                 Wine Yeast Pitched on Thursday, Sept. 22 Day 10 - Not sure I can rack it today, but it is ready to rack. Maybe tomorrow morning. Sunday, Oct. 2 - Racked to carboys. Got it all too. Gravity was 1.010. Perfect.                                                  RACKED WINE AND DEGASSED ( Oct. 12 ) The chitosan works fast. Next day it is all pulled down and looks ready to filter.  Bottled both batches on Oct. 29. Had a hard time keeping air out of the line out from the filter. Just regular hose and with a clamp. Never had a problem with beverage hose though. May have to order some on my next OBK order. I ...

                                                      Ingredients 7 lbs. Pils  3 lbs. Munich I 2 lbs. Vienna 2 ozs. Special III ( should of not used any of this malt ) 2 ozs. Acid Malt 10 g Magnum at 60 min. 47 g Hallertau at 60 min. 35 g Hallertau at 5 min. WLP830 German Lager ( make a starter on Oct. 17. ( 3 step starter with over build ) Yeast Specs - 56F to 64F Step 1 - .75 L - use 72 g DME Step 2 - 1.25 L - use 120 g DME Step 3 - 2.25 L - use 216 g DME Made the step 1 starter on Oct. 17. Made the step 2 starter on Oct. 23. Made the step 3 starter on Oct. 26 O.G. - 1.048 F.G. - % - SRM - 8.9 BU -    40 Water Profile - The Electric Brewery MASH SALTS Gyp - 1 g  CI -   2.2 g Eps -  2.2 g BOIL SALTS Gyp - 1 g CI -    2 g Eps -  2 g LACTIC ACID IN SPARGE  .2 ml CA - 50 MG - 10 S04 - 70 CI - 70 P...