Brewie B+ Witbier

Another perfect brew day with my B+. Best rolling boil I have achieved to date. 

75 min step mash from 144, 153, to 161 with a 30 min sparge at 168. My recipe was 8.8lbs of pilsner malt and 2.2lbs of wheat malt into 4.6 gal for mash and then 2.4 gal for sparge. Pre boil was 1047 and post boil was 1053. 65% efficiency. Used 5.2 mash stabilizer. 

Great day, again. 

Witbier

Grains                        Additions                                           Results
8.8# pils                    .18 oz Magnum at 60 mins                1047 pre boil

2.2# wheat                .70 oz Orange peel at 20 mins          1053 post boil

                                  .70 coriander at 20 mins             
                                 . 53 oz Hallertau at 10 mins                                                   
                               

mash in at 143, raise to 144 for 20 mins, 152.6 for 30 mins, raise to 161.6 for 15 mins (7 g total water volume split 4.6g mash and 2.4g sparge)

sparge at 168 for 30 mins

T-58 dry yeast at 70, lower to 65 at start of fermentation, 0 psi ferment
5.2 mash lock

Fermentation started within 6 hrs

Brewie B+ Watermelon SMaSH

Flawless brew day with my B+. Boil made it to 209F. I will take it. I haven’t replaced my thermal switch yet or the wires that Brewie sent me so the wires could maybe get me above 209. 

90 min step mash from 144 to 153 with a 45 min sparge at 168. My recipe was 8.8lbs of marris otter into 4.7 gal for mash and then 2.1 gal for sparge. Pre boil was 1046 and post boil was 1053. 79.15% efficiency. Used 5.2 mash stabilizer. 

Great day. I did so many other things during this brew, I almost forgot I was brewing. 


Watermelon SMaSH

Grains                         Additions                                           Results
8.8# marris               .53 oz Amarillo at 60 mins                  1046 pre boil

                                 .53 oz Amarillo at 15 mins                  1053 post boil

                                 .53 oz Amarillo at 10 mins             
                                 .53 oz Amarillo at 5 mins                                                   
                                  Dry hop: 1.41 oz Amarillo 5 days

1 dram Lorann watermelon candy oil at pitching.

mash in at 129.2, raise to 143.6 for 40 mins, 152.6 for 50 mins (6.7g total water volume split 4.7g mash and 2.1g sparge)

sparge at 168 for 45 mins

US-05 at 72, lower to 66 at start of fermentation, 0 psi ferment
5.2 mash lock

1 tsp gypsum

Brewie B+ Brevienna

Another perfect brew day for Brewie, and I fixed the weak boil issue.  I by-passed the thermal switch in the boil tank and now I get 100% power.  Brewie sent me new thermal switches, heating elements and wires to install at a later date.  I tweaked the parameters of the original Brewie recipe for this beer a bit:





Brevienna

Grains                         Additions                                           Results
7.72# vienna               .18 oz Magnum at 60 mins               1050 pre boil

1.1# munich                .18 oz Magnum at 30 mins               1059 post boil diluted to 1057
                                   .35 oz Amarillo at 20 mins                 92% eff, but volumes likely
                                   .35 oz Amarillo at 10 mins                 off due to calibration                                     

mash in at 129.2, raise to 143.6 for 30 mins, 156.2 for 45 mins, 161.6 for 15 mins (6.7g total water volume split 4.6g mash and 2.1g sparge)

sparge at 168 for 45 mins

W-34/70 at 66, lower to 50 at start of fermentation, 0 psi ferment
5.2 mash lock

no adjustments