Today I brewed 12 gallons of an eventual full keg of Oud Bruin. My goal is to start the ferment with the this wort in a Sanke keg and then top up with unfermented wort after the initial fermentation dies down. Next weekend I will brew enough to fill the keg the rest of the way. By that time the fermentation should have died down enough. Sanke kegs actually hold 16+ gallons of beer and I plan on filling the keg up to the neck to limit the amount of air space.
I have 2 packets of Wyeast Roeselare Blend that I will pitch directly into the beer. I do not plan on racking this beer after the fermentation since I will have very little trub in the keg. I have noticed almost crystal clear beer from no chill brewing as long as I leave an inch or two of sediment in the Corney kegs that I use as my no chill vessels. I expect to get 10-10.5 gallons of beer since Corney’s hold 5.5 gallons of beer.
For some reason I over sparged this beer and ended up having to do a 2 hour boil. Overall the brew day went well except for the thunderstorms we had all day!
| Malt Bill / Ingredients | ||
| Pounds | Type | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Pilsner | |
| 3 | 2 Row | |
| .75 | Caramunich II | |
| .75 | Special B | |
| .25 | Carafa Special III | |
| Hops | ||
| IBU | Type | Time |
| 20 | Saaz | 60 |
| Mash Schedule | ||
| Temp | Time | |
| 156F | 60 minutes | |
| Yeast | Wyeast 3763 - Roeselare Ale Blend | |
| Stats | ||
| 6 gal | 80% efficiency | IBU: 20 |
