Porter Split Batch Experiment

Big Brew day I contributed 3 gallons of porter with the intent to split into 3 secondary fermenters to make 3 distinct beers.

Edit yellow cells in System Setup. Edit green cells for recipe creation. DO NOT edit red or blue cells.					System Setup
Volume into Fermenter	3	gal	11356 grams		Brewhouse efficiency		0.7	%
Boil Time	30	min			Boil off rate		0.5	gal/hour
Select Style	Robust Porter		<-- Style Guideline		Loss in kettle		0.2	gal
Expected OG / FG	1.062	1.012	1.048 - 1.065	1.012 - 1.016	Yeast attenuation		0.8
Expected ABV	6.5	%	4.8 - 6.5	%	Grain Absorption		0.11	gal/lb
Expected Bitterness	22.0	IBUs	25 - 50	IBUs	Loss in MashTun		0	gal
Grain Build
Grain Name	Amount (lbs)	Eff (optional)		Hop Schedule
Chocolate Malt	0.2	0	91g (3%)	Hop Name	Alpha %	Amount (oz)	Time (min)	IBUs
Kiln Coffee Malt	0.2	0	91g (3%)	Willamette	5	1	30	22.0
chocolate wheat	0.1	0	45g (1%)
melinoidin?	0.53	0.75	240g (7%)
2 row	1		454g (14%)
Malt Extract
DME	3.6	147.6	1632.9 grams
LME		0
Adjuncts / Sugars	Amount (lbs)	Gravity Units
Total Gravity Points		199.0395
Brew Day Instructions
Desired Mash Temp	150	F	65.6 C
Mash Water Volume	1	gal (1.97qt/lb)	3785 grams
Grain Temperature	70	F	21.1 C
Strike Temperature	157.39	F	69.7 C
Grain Absorption Loss	0.2233	gal	845 grams
Sparge water needed	2.6733	gal	10119 grams
Pre-boil gravity=1.058	Pre-boil volume=3.5gal

I made coconut extract about 2 weeks ahead using vodka.

The second beer was Chili Pasile added directly in secondary. I sterilized them in a 200F oven for 30 minutes.

After 1 week in the primary, they go into the secondary. Used 2/3 of a cup of coconut extract into the one, and 3 chilies into the other. The last gallon was plain.

Putting them into the bottles I noticed a white substance (probably coconut fat and solids) floating on the surface so i pulled into another vessel to pull that off. Also noticed a red oil on the chili beer surface, so pulled that off as well as best as I can.

Conundrum Pale Ale

This was a brew for the brew club challenge to define and compare pale ale. I see in my notes that I call this a session IPA actually, but is there a difference?

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Volume into Fermenter	3.5	gal	13248 grams		Brewhouse efficiency		0.7	%
Boil Time	60	min			Boil off rate		0.5	gal/hour
Select Style	American Pale Ale		<-- Style Guideline		Loss in kettle		0.2	gal
Expected OG / FG	1.043	1.009	1.045 - 1.060	1.010 - 1.015	Yeast attenuation		0.8
Expected ABV	4.5	%	4.5 - 6.2	%	Grain Absorption		0.11	gal/lb
Expected Bitterness	45.8	IBUs	30 - 45	IBUs	Loss in MashTun		0	gal
Grain Build
Grain Name	Amount (lbs)	Eff (optional)		Hop Schedule
Pilsner	2		907g (33%)	Hop Name	Alpha Acid %	Amount (oz)	Time (min)	IBUs
Golden Promise	2		907g (33%)	Columbus	15	0.27	60	24.0
White Wheat	0.7		318g (11%)	Pride of Ringwood (Hop-Stand)	8.6	0.15	60	7.6
Caramel 20	0.56		254g (9%)	Crystal	3.7	0.4	15	4.7
				Columbus	15	0.26	5	7.2
				Crystal (Hop-Stand)	4	0.3	5	2.2
Malt Extract
DME	0.6	24.6	272.2 grams
LME		0
Adjuncts / Sugars	Amount (lbs)	Gravity Units		Columbus		0.5	dry - 2d
				Pride of Ringwood		0.2	dry - 2d
				Crystal		0.3	dry - 2d
Total Gravity Points		160.0976
Brew Day Instructions
Desired Mash Temp	153	F	67.2 C
Mash Water Volume	2.5	gal (1.90qt/lb)	9463 grams
Grain Temperature	70	F	21.1 C
Strike Temperature	160.95	F	71.6 C
Grain Absorption Loss	0.5786	gal	2190 grams
Sparge water needed	2.2786	gal	8625 grams
Pre-boil gravity=1.038	Pre-boil volume=4.2gal

As one would expect nothing remarkable about brewing a pale ale. This was a BIAB brew.

Came out pretty hoppy, but maybe not as malty as I was going for. I submitted this one to the enchanted brewing challenge so hopefully get good feedback on this style that I'm non to fond of.