4 Dog Brewery

  I am going to paint my Kranz this colour and will be asking someone to paint something on it like the above. The only thing I can think of is Chris's Kolsch.                                               Kris's Kolsch?                                                        or                                             Chris's Kolsch?                                                       or                           ...

THERMOPEN - 56F ROBOBREW    - 57F Check the temp in the morning when you add water. Never know when Mr. Robobrew will decide to act up. Ignore the readings when you are mashing as the Rahr malt seems to throw a lot of trub at the bottom on top of the temp probe. If you set it at say 152F, leave it alone. There is nothing you can do to change it and if you do you will most likely do more harm than good. Don't bother checking the mash water as it will be way too low, like 9F too low. That is a false reading because it has to go up and out the top and it cools on it's way back.

Make a 1.5 L starter with 126 grams of DME. When done, remove 500 ml to save for an over build. The over build will be around 42 days old when you make another Kolsch sometime during the last week of April.  On stir plate around 1pm. i didn't check it after supper. Looks like it foamed up to the unsanitized foil and over a bit. Infection? Maybe. Jesus, should of left a note. Next time use your 5 L flask. I will never know if it is infected because it smells anyway. Here we go again... I ended up with 600 ml in the small flask. I have to figure out later when I use the over build to measure the slurry. Looks like around 20 - 30 ml. Fine. I can build that up with my 3 flasks. It must of done something because this brew didn't turn out that great.

The Magster I am going to paint my Kranz this colour. Ingredients 11 lbs. Rahr 12 ozs. Munich I - ( seems to be a lot, may lower it to 8 ozs. next brew ) 17.40 g Magnum at 60 min. 30 g Hallertau at 10 min. 30 g Hallertau at 0 min. Escarpment Labs Kolsch - ( February 22/24 ) (59F - 72F) so I think I will raise it to 60F. WLP092 was always at 60 and they said to ferment it at 62F. I think 60F is a good temp. Boil a 1.5  L starter. After cooling, use only 1 L for your starter. When it is done, remove only 500 ml to your jar for an over build. You will still have lots of cells left to ferment with. Use 126 grams of DME. Even if you have more than a L of starter wort, use only 1 L for your starter. I am not used to making smaller starters. I was making lager starters which require a bigger build. Need to get this done right away if you want to keg it before we go to the USA. Mash Gyp - 1.3 g CI - 1.2 g Eps - 1.9 g Lactic Acid - 2.1 ml PH - 5.30 Boil Gyp - 1.2 g CI - 1.1 g Eps - 1.7g Spa...