I did another batch today, and while maisching, I bottled batch 1
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The gravity sample came to 1010. It is the last bit, hence a bit of hop at the bottom
It's going to be a light beer. Taste was hoppy, not much sweetness left
The whole process went a lot smoother today, except at the end. I forgot to close the spigot while pouring the wort into the fermenter. Luckily I didn't loose much wort
Here's my improved milling:
Milled once
Milled twice
Maisched at 67-68 oC for an hour.
Spent grain. Water absorption just about 350 gr (on 1.2 kg malt).
Grains are definitely tasting less sweet than last time!
Preboil gravity 10 brix
Post boil 11 brix and a little bit, so more or less on target.
Pre boil was taken before adding the drained wort from the bag. Won't make too much of a difference.
Boiled for an hour, then cooled by placing pot in the sink with cold (maybe not so cold at 33 oC) water. Replacing water a couple of times till it harfly heated up. The wort temp went down to 57 oC within about 15 minutes.
In about 2 hours, the wort was the same temp as the slurry from batch 1, so poured them together. This was much quicker than expected, but that had more to do with warming up of the slurry than cooling down of the wort!
If it wasn't kveik, I would never have done this