{"id":61,"date":"2009-11-08T19:06:14","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T00:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2010-04-22T12:38:32","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T17:38:32","slug":"batch-3-10-australian-lager","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=61","title":{"rendered":"Batch #3-10: Australian Lager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Style<\/td>\nAustralian Lager<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ingredients<\/td>\nView Here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brewing Date:<\/td>\nTuesday, February 9, 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Primary Fermentation:<\/td>\nTuesday, February 9, 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Original Gravity:<\/td>\n1.034<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secondary Fermentation:<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interim Gravity:<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bottling Date:<\/td>\nWednesday, February 17, 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final Gravity:<\/td>\n1.008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Release Date:<\/td>\nWednesday, March 17, 2010 (St. Patrick’s Day)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alcohol by volume:<\/td>\n3.9% ABV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brand:<\/strong><\/td>\nMaster-Yeast Theater<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Release Name:<\/strong><\/td>\nLet’s Do the Time Warp Again <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This will be the release after the weekend that Eastern Daylight Time starts.\u00a0 It will help recover from the loss of an hour over the weekend (maybe).<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/p>\n

06 Feb\u00a0 7:00 PM :: Created the yeast starter.\u00a0 I did not have a 5oz dry malt kit for the starter, so I just used my remaining Munton’s Carbonation tabs for the food (they have dried malt in them).<\/p>\n

07 Feb 5:00PM :: The yeast is becoming active, but I think tomorrow night will be a better night for the actual brewing.\u00a0 The yeast should be fully active by then.<\/p>\n

09 Feb 9:00PM :: I was not feeling well yesterday, so I put off the brewing until today.\u00a0 The yeast in the starter flask is showing signs that it has exhausted its food supply, so I’m glad I did not have to delay the brewing for another day.<\/p>\n

Brewing took about 2.5 hours from start to finish.\u00a0 The aroma of this batch was close to baked bread.\u00a0 The Germans call beer “liquid bread,” so this batch may be living up to that name.\u00a0 This is quite an easy recipe to brew.\u00a0 I love the aroma produced by the Pride hops.<\/p>\n

Fermentation will be in my garage this week, since the night time temperatures are expected to be between 32F and 39F, with daytime highs between 55F and 61F.\u00a0 Florida’s weird weather is the fermentation process’ gain.<\/p>\n

11 Feb 11:00PM :: Bubbling cycles started and are now at 15 seconds, with about a 1 second long burst.\u00a0 Last night I had to put the bucket in the laundry room because the temperature was going to drop to near freezing.\u00a0 I put it back in the garage this morning, where the air temperature was probably 35-36 degrees.\u00a0 Fermentation is moving along as expected.\u00a0 We will have another very cold (i.e. 32F) night on Saturday, so I’ll have to watch this fermentation cycle more closely than before.<\/p>\n

12 Feb 08:00 PM :: Bubbling cycles are still at 15 seconds with 1-2 second bursts.<\/p>\n

13 Feb 08:00 PM :: Bubbling cycles are at 20 second intervals, with 1-2 second bursts.\u00a0 The bucket is around 45 degrees.\u00a0 I had to pull the bucket into the laundry room because the overnight temperature is predicted to be at freezing overnight.<\/p>\n

14 Feb 11:00 PM :: Moved the bucket back to the garage.\u00a0 Bubbling intervals are still steady at the same rate.<\/p>\n

16 Feb 11:30 PM :: Bubbling is well over one minute.\u00a0 Went to take a hydrometer reading, hydrometer tipped over, fell on the floor and broke.\u00a0 Crap.. that’s two broken in just over a year.\u00a0 Oh well.\u00a0 I will bottle tomorrow night, but I would like to get a hydrometer reading to calculate alcohol content.\u00a0 If I can’t get a replacement, I will see if I can borrow one.\u00a0 I would hate to list the alcohol content as “involuntarily subjective”.<\/p>\n

One interesting thing about this batch is that bubbling never occurred any more frequently than a burst every 15 seconds.\u00a0 I’m not sure what effect the colder climate had on the wort and yeast during fermenation.<\/p>\n

17 Feb 9:30 PM :: Thanks to Ross for answering the call for a borrowed hydrometer at the last minute.\u00a0 Bubbling cycles were over 1 minute 45 seconds, so I just measured the Final Gravity and transferred the brew to the priming bucket for bottling.\u00a0 There was a LOT of trum with this batch.\u00a0 It was actually hard to get the siphon into a location where the trum would not get sucked into it or even block it.\u00a0 The beer has a light yellow color, is very clear, and has a wonderful floral aroma.\u00a0 It is already very smooth on the palate.\u00a0 I am anxious to try this after about two weeks of conditioning.<\/p>\n

I expected the Final Gravity reading to be around 1.010-1.012 due to the slower fermentation, so I was pleasantly surprised to see the 1.008 reading.\u00a0 Yield was 43 12oz glass bottles, one 12oz PET bottle, one 24oz bottle, and one 34oz IKEA bottle. The yield was lower because it was necessary to leave a bit more liquid behind when transferring to the primary bucket due to the trum volume.<\/p>\n

24 Feb 10:30 PM :: Opened a bottle to try at the one week point.\u00a0 The floral aroma is still very strong, but the flavors are starting to blend.\u00a0 There is a bit of a bite in the aftertaste.\u00a0 It has good color, and generated about 1\/2″ of head in the glass which dissipated fairly quickly.\u00a0 Overall, very drinkable and carbonation is developing well.<\/p>\n

02 Mar 10:00 PM :: Opened a second bottle at the two week point.\u00a0 The floral aroma is again strong.\u00a0 Flavors are melding quite well.\u00a0 The hops are definitely the predominant flavor, and the maltiness is low.\u00a0 Very drinkable, and very refeshing.<\/p>\n

10 Mar 9:30 PM :: Last bottle opened before the release.\u00a0 The cloudiness has not gone away, but the taste is now quite good.\u00a0 The hops dominate, and the flavors have melded completely.\u00a0 This doesn’t remind me of Foster’s Lager as much as does Cooper’s Lager in the bottle (note: the latter is quite difficult to find: usually in a home brew store or a very specialized beer store).\u00a0 The beer is now ready for release.<\/p>\n

17 Mar :: Received good feedback on this batch, and a wealth of information from a co-worker Paul, also a home brewer, who I met in person for the first time (thanks, Paul).\u00a0 I’m not happy with the cloudiness, and will try some tricks next time to solve that problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Style Australian Lager Ingredients View Here Brewing Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Primary Fermentation: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Original Gravity: 1.034 Secondary Fermentation: n\/a Interim Gravity: n\/a Bottling Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Final Gravity: 1.008 Release Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (St. Patrick’s Day) Alcohol by volume: 3.9% ABV Brand: Master-Yeast Theater Release Name: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/215"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}