Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Brew Day template

Equipment: Boil pot, Fermenter, Airlock, Hydrometer, Idophor, Thermometer, wort chiller, strainer, funnel, ruler

Recipe:

Steps:

  1. Add hops according to schedule
  2. Bring wort to rolling boil
  3. Scoop out 1/2 cup wort and put in freezer or water bath to reduce temp to 90F. Add yeast when cooled.
  4. Partial cover pot if at all
  5. With a 15 minutes left in boil, sanitize fermenter, airlock, blowoff tube, wort chiller, strainer, funnel
  6. Near end, add extra water to reach target brew amount if needed
  7. Finish boil at __ mins
  8. Chill wort
  9. Aerate wort
  10. Measure OG
  11. Strain wort into fermenter
  12. Aerate by sloshing more in fermenter
  13. Pitch yeast
  14. Cap with airlock (blowoff tube into sanitizing solution)
  15. Record, record, record fermentation temperatures