November Brewday – Cream Ale
It may be a little out of season, but I’m brewing a cream ale today. I’m really excited for this batch because I’ll be trying out my new Sanke keg fermenter. I’m still a little worried about how I’m going to keep it cool, but I’ll figure something out. Here’s a quick shot of the ingredients:
10:07 – Mashed in. 150°F, 5.4pH.
Using steam to sanitize my new fermenter.
11:11 – Started the first vorlauf / runoff
11:30 – Started the second runoff, kettle is on the burner heating up.
11:57 – Added bittering hops, started timer for 60 minutes.
12:57 – Shut off burner and added knockout hops. Started the chiller.
14:25 – Wort transferred to fermenter and started cleaning up. OG: 1.048, volume might be a little low.
15:30 – Finished cleaning up! (This might be a record!)
Still giving the wort some time to cool down before I pitch the yeast.