Batch 3 Bottled

I bottled straight from the primary after 3 weeks. One bucket finished bubbling at 5 days. The second finished in 11. Sure sign of underpitched yeast, so I have an accidental experiment and will get to judge how they compare.

Washed Wyeast 1056

100+ bottles

Keeping the syphon secure

Ready to bottle

Batch #3 Stuck Fermentation

The basement closet, where I have the fermentation buckets, was sub-60 degrees.  There was no activity after 10 hours so I had to use a portable radiator to heat the room up.  It's bubbling away now.

Batch #3 MidwestSupply Black Dog Ale Clone

Batch #3 MidwestSupplies Black Dog Ale Clone

Wasn't able to maintain needed mash temps with my system in 28 degree weather so I ended up adding the LME to compensate for my ~50% mash efficiency.  So this one is a one of a kind.

Boil Volume 14.00 gallons
Boil Time 60 minutes
Batch Size 13.00 gallons
OG 1.036
IBU 25

Fermentables
19     American Two-row Pale (Rahr)
2       American Crystal 60L
1.5    Malted Wheat
3.375 Muntons Light LME

Hops
2 Oz  Mount Hood Pellet 6.0 AA  60 Min
1 Oz  Cascade Pellet    5.5 AA  5 Min

Yeast
2000ml slurry Wyeast 1056 American Ale

The Grain

 The Hops and Yeast

The heat stick heating up the Mash Out water

The Extra LME to get my OG from 1.030 to 1.036