| Recipe for our BA Thesis Imperial Stout aged on Pappy Van Winkle soaked oak chips. |
| 19-Apr-13 | BA Thesis Stout Batch 01×1 |
| 12:50 | 2.5 Gal Set to boil |
| 1:20 | +0.5 Gal H2O Added to pot making it 3.0Gal @ 140⁰F |
| 1:45 | Grained pre-mixed in big trash bag |
| 1:55 | 5Gal H2O @ 160⁰F / Poured into mash tun / Placed on stove (60mins) |
| 2:40 | Oops. Brew is at 180⁰ in mash tun (30⁰ over) is that a problem? |
| 2:45 | Mash tun taken off stove. Set aside to cool |
| 2:50 | +0.7Gal H2O to mash tun. Cooling to 160⁰F |
| 3:25 | 2nd pot filled with 3.0G water for sparging |
| 3:30 | Mash tun stage complete / Drained, yields 2.5Gal pre-wort |
| 4:15 | 4.8Gal H2O @ 180⁰ added to mash tun for sparge stage for 10 mins |
| 4:25 | Sparge drained from mash tun and moved to bucket. 5Gal Total (2.5Gal + 2.5Gal) |
| 4:50 | Wort set to boil. 5 Gal wort total |
| 5:40 | Wort now boiling @ 200⁰F |
| 5:50 | 2oz Nugget hop pellets added to wort (t+0) |
| 6:20 | 1oz Willamette hop pellers added to wort (t+30m) |
| 6:35 | Ground Coffee beans added with filter (2oz Mocha Java + 2oz Mexican Blonde Roast) |
| 6:50 | 1oz Willamette hop pellers added to wort (t+60m) |
| 7:05 | Wort moved to 5Gal Pot. Yields total 4.5Gal / Wort chiller copper piping connected |
| 7:30 | Wort cooled to 80⁰F |
| 7:45 | Syphoning from wort to carboy (5Gal) for primary fermenation |
| 7:50 | Pitching yeast (California Yeast WLP001) into glass carboy. Most spills on ground (25%) |
| 7:55 | Second WLP001 vial poured into carboy (75%) |
| 8:00 | Carboy sealed with airlock / Moved into storage for primary fermentation / 4.5 Gal total |
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| 23-Apr-13 | BA Thesis Stout Batch 01×2 |
| 7:05 | 5Gal H2O set to boil in Pot 1 / 2.5 Gal water set to boil in Pot 2 |
| 8:15 | Mash tun cleaned and drained / preparation for mash stage |
| 8:55 | 5Gal H2O mixed with grains in mash tun @ 140⁰F (60min) |
| 8:56 | 0.5Gal H2O @ 180⁰F added to mash tun to keep temperature at 140⁰F |
| 9:55 | Mash tun strage complete / drained into bucket. Yields 2.5Gal pre-wort |
| 10:05 | 4.8Gal H2O @ 180⁰F added to mash tun for sparge state (10min) |
| 10:20 | Sparge drained into bucket / yields 2.5Gal (+2.5Gal) pre-wort |
| 10:25 | Mash tun cleaned. Set on stove for boil stage. |
| 10:30 | Wort poured into mash tun pot and set on full boil (60min) |
| 11:20 | 2oz Nugget hop pellets added to wort (t+0) |
| 11:50 | 1oz Willamette hop pellets added to wort (t+30m) |
| 12:05 | Ground Coffee beans added with filter (2oz Mocha Java + 2oz Mexican Blonde Roast) |
| 12:20 | 1oz Willamette hop pellets added to wort (t+60m) |
| 12:25 | Brewing complete @ 200⁰F. Wort taken off stove / Wort chiller copper piping connected |
| 12:50 | Wort cooled to 80⁰F |
| 12:55 | Syphoning from wort to carboy (5Gal) via filter and funnel for primary fermenation |
| 1:10 | Pitching yeast (California Yeast WLP001) into glass carboy |
| 1:15 | Carboy sealed with airlock / Moved into storage for primary fermentation / 4.5 Gal total |