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1 lb. 8 oz (1.5 lb) 2-row base

1 lb. wheat malt

12 oz (0.75 lb) molasses

Liberty hops
Ale yeast
(2) 1.5 ft or (1) 3 ft 3/8" thin tubing
Spray bottle
Rhizome

Brew?: Pilsner

Step/Continuous Infusion Mash ([125 for Pils]-140-158, 20-30-30 or 90 mins)

Equipment: Mash tun (6 quart crockpot, cheesecloth), Lauter tun (6 quart & 4 quart sparge pots, 8 quart pot, strainer/steamer, funnel, rubber band funnel holder), Boil pot (8qt pot, 6qt pot), Fermenter (2 1 gallon carboys), Airlocks, Hydrometer, Idophor, Thermometer, wort chiller (10 frozen water bottles), strainer, funnel, ruler, stirring spoon, scale, pint measuring cup, fermentation vessel (cooler, 5 gal water, 1 gal frozen bottle)

Recipe:

2.5 gallons water

Target: 1.75 gallons wort

2 lb. 6.4 oz (2.4 lb) German Pils/Lager or 2-row

1.75 gallons boil

Target: 1.5 gallons

3/10 oz Cascade (7%) at 60 mins

3/10 oz Hallertau/Tattnanger/Saaz at 30 mins

3/10 oz Hallertau/Tattnanger/Saaz at 15 mins

Yeast: Lager Yeast

Steps:

Mash:

1. Heat Mash tun
2. Chill fermentation vessel
3. Prepare strike water. Using ratio ___ qt/lb, ___ qts water to ___  F
4. Temper in grains with strike water
5. With thermometer, maintain mash temp
6. Stir mash every 10 mins
7. Prepare sparge water: ~175 F at .5qt/lb water loss to grain, __ qts loss, __ qts water, round up to __
8. At end of mash, scoop wort into boil pot.
9. Measure wort amount to find sparge wort amount.
10. Measure gravity.
11. While measuring gravity and wort volume, sparge into secondary pot until reaching sparge wort amount or 1.75 qts wort in boil
12. Measure gravity

Boil:

1. Add hops according to schedule
2. Rehydrate yeast if needed (boil 1/2 cup water per 7g packet, cover put in freezer or water bath until 95-105 F reached ~30 mins) (or boil 1/2 cup wort and put in freezer or water bath to get a starter going)
3. Bring wort to rolling boil
4. Partial cover pot if at all
5. With a couple minutes left in boil, sanitize fermenter, airlock, blowoff tube, wort chiller, strainer, funnel, hydrometer, pint measuring cup
6. Finish boil at 60 mins
7. Scoop half wort into secondary pot
8. Chill wort and aerate
9. Measure OG
10. Strain wort into fermenters
11. Pitch yeast
12. Cap with airlock/blowoff tubes

Brew5 Tasting

ABV: ~5%

IBUs (calculated): 25

Aroma: Fruity cereal first whiff, cherry, sweet, slight rye spice, very slight barnyard

Hops: Faint hint of pine at end of duration
Yeast: light
Texture: average
Finish: sweet on tongue
Duration: average (45 seconds)

Not bitter

Overall:8

After all the troubles, this brew is quite tasty.

Brew5 Taste Attempt

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/coors-disposable-keg-party-pig-127302/index14.html#post2229774

Bought a non threaded 16g Genuine Innovations CO2 cartridge from local bike shop

Put the CO2 cart into the cart holder and screwed it in to the upright draft bottle. It snapped in and seemed OK for about 3 seconds when the tap started spraying liquid CO2. The spray stopped after a couple seconds. I tilted the bottle to horizontal and poured off 10 oz of foam. It separated out into a couple oz of liquid with some floaters.

Unfortunately, the brew had some pretty strong grassy/barnyard aromas. I did not taste but dumped.

Pulled a couple more 12 oz pours of foam and floaters and dumped them.

Found the above post on homebrewtalk and realized I did quite a bit wrong. First I should chill the bottle. Then I should make sure it's horizontal before putting in the CO2. Probably should also keep it horizontal to let the trub settle down, also.