Brewday - Feb 25th

Plowed Snow – half batch Feb 25 2012

Brew Notes – 2.5 gallon batch for Papa – Widmer Snow Plow clone.  Found recipe via homebrewtalk.com and web search.

Batch size 2.5 Gal

Boil – 40 mins (treat as 1 hour because no ice bath cooling)

Sweet Milk Stout

Techniques new to this batch, small scale and weighing my own ingredients.  Also substituting hops and using brewtarget free software.

Grains – 2.5lb Light DME, .75lb crystal 60L, .5lb wheat DME, .5lbs cara-pils, .5lb flaked barley, .5lb lactose, .375lb flaked oats, .375lb black roast barley,  .1875lb black patent malt

Hops - .3 oz Chinook – 12.2% aa bittering (40 mins), .25 oz EKG – 4.9% aa aroma (15 mins)

Yeast – washed Scottish ale from the 80\= a month ago –

Starter – 2 cups water – 1 cup DME

Misc notes:  About 40 outside and windy.  It took a lot of time to get everything to a boil.  Used the scale for the first time and it certainly adds a lot of planning time to measure everything.  I should have taken an OG and a final volume reading.  I probably should have topped it up.  Also the first time making a starter.  I should have used twice as much DME, but fermentation seemed to have taken off fine in the back.  Also I cooled it in the brew kettle out on the porch since it was cold out.  This gave me time to get the starter ready. Certainly easier just to seal it up in foil and wait.  It’s harder because it takes more time.  I used a strainer when it was going into the fermenter this time.  Boy that clogged up fast.  I’d better set up a 2 strainer system for next time.