{"id":360,"date":"2015-01-19T13:18:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T18:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/?p=360"},"modified":"2015-01-19T13:18:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T18:18:33","slug":"bonus-pumpkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/19\/bonus-pumpkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonus Pumpkin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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High-tech mash tun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With Pumpkin #2<\/a> our efficiency was good enough to produce 5.5 gallons of additional runnings at 4\u00b0P (1.020) when we drained the mash tun before cleaning it out.\u00a0 We thought it would be a shame to waste all that wort, so we didn’t.\u00a0 We brewed a bonus beer instead.<\/p>\n

A bonus beer is great way to use up small amounts of specialty grains and hops you have lying around.\u00a0 You can’t accurately reproduce the recipe, so it’s like a free batch of no-pressure, OG-be-damned beer that you were just going to dump down the drain anyway.\u00a0 Plus, it can mash while you’re boiling and chilling the parent beer, so all it takes is another hour.\u00a0 Why not?<\/p>\n

The Recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Name: Bonus Pumpkin\r\nBatch size: 5 gallons\r\nExpected OG: ~1.040\r\nExpected FG: 1.012\r\nExpected IBU: ?\r\nMash: 60m @ 130\u00b0F + 15m @ 152\u00b0F\r\n\r\n 5.5 gal 1.020 wort from Pumpkin #2\r\n 2.5 lbs Briess 2-row\r\n   8 oz  Briess Victory\r\n   8 oz  Muntons C60L\r\n   4 oz  UK C150L\r\n   4 oz  Belgian Aromatic\r\n\r\n 1.0 oz Northdown 7.9% AA @ 45m\r\n 0.7 oz Northdown 7.9% AA @ 20m\r\n 1.0 oz Northdown 7.9% AA @ 10m\r\n 1.0 oz Northdown 7.9% AA @  5m\r\n\r\n1 pack Safale S-04 yeast<\/pre>\n
The Brew<\/strong><\/p>\n
We scrounged up some Victory, C150, and 2-year old Briess 2-row from our malt library, milled it, and tossed it into large grain bag.\u00a0 The bag was then placed into a bucket with the final runnings from Pumpkin #2<\/a>.\u00a0 Because all the enzymes from the original mash were denatured due to mashout and the final runnings were well below the target mash temp of 148\u00b0F, we added some amylase enzyme to help conversion along.\u00a0 We also attempted to top up with boiling water to move closer to normal mash temps, but couldn’t get much higher than 135\u00b0F due to lack of space in the bucket.<\/p>\n
To compensate we dumped the contents of the bucket into the boil kettle on top of the left-over hot break and trub from Pumpkin #2<\/a>.\u00a0 Then we added the grain bag, set the PID for 152\u00b0F, and recirculated for 15 minutes to attempt more complete conversion.\u00a0 After squeezing out the grain bag as much as we could, we got about 6 gallons of 9\u00b0P (1.036) wort.<\/p>\n
We then proceeded with a slightly abbreviated 45 minute boil since it was already late.\u00a0 We kegged 4.75 gallons of 10.5\u00b0P (1.042) wort, sprinkled on some S-04 yeast, and cleaned up.\u00a0 Fermentation proceeded normally at 65\u00b0F and two weeks later we had 4.5 gallons of 1.010 beer for an ABV of 4.2%.<\/p>\n
The Evaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n
\"bonus-glass\"<\/a>The beer is a nice amber color and quite clear.\u00a0 It pours with a nice foamy head that soon settles back but leaves a nice ring of foam on the outside.\u00a0 The smell is mostly spicy malt with no fruity or flowery notes.\u00a0 Taste is initially malty which quickly fades to a slight sweetness with a hint of spice, but overall a drier beer.\u00a0 And as you’d expect with a 1.010 beer, mouthfeel is thin but countered somewhat by a higher carbonation level.<\/p>\n
We’re surprised with how well this one turned out, since we weren’t expecting much from a bunch of old malt and some second runnings.\u00a0 But we got a pretty good beer with just a bit more work.\u00a0 Bonus!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
With Pumpkin #2 our efficiency was good enough to produce 5.5 gallons of additional runnings at 4\u00b0P (1.020) when we drained the mash tun before cleaning it out.\u00a0 We thought it would be a shame to waste all that wort, so we didn’t.\u00a0 We brewed a bonus beer instead. A bonus beer is great way … Continue reading Bonus Pumpkin<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}