AG#10 - American IPA
Didn't do the oatmeal stout but instead tried the Greg Hughes American IPA again as I really liked it.
Had new magnetic pump like this to try out with this brew to recirculate during mash and then also to sparge.
2nd brew with the Digiboil and remembered this time to change the temperature on the Digiboil back to the mash temperature after hitting the strike temperature. Did however realise after the brew day that I hadn't calibrated the Digiboil and it is in fact 2 degrees C lower than the display indicates. Brew day went relatively well but missed the pH a bit. Might need to revisit the figures being calculated in brewfather for this.
Recipe called for 50g of citra and 50g simcoe dry hop but only had 62g of simcoe left so threw that all in and 62g of citra to match.
The OG hit the target of 1060 but I missed the expected FG of 1012 by four points 1008 which I'm putting down to the low mashing temperature due to calibration issue with the boiler.
Cold crashed using mylar balloon filled with CO2 attached to fermenter.
Transferred 17.3 litres into my first new keg. I used a fv with no tap and then had to use a syphon through the lid of keg. Will use my fv with bottom top next time and also get a pipe with ball lock disconnect to transfer through the beer post.
Tap handle label holder 3d printed and ready to go. I don't currently have a spare fridge, so the keg it just in garage and tap temporarily connected to a set of shelves.