Hop Harvest Ale 2003/2/9 1.039 5.4 lb 8 Maris Otter lb 1 Crystal 10ºL lb 1 Crystal 40ºL oz 2 First Gold oz 1 First Gold oz 1 Home-grown Fuggles WYeast 1098 - British Whitbread

Smackpack

3.2 1.016 2003/2/16 2003/2/22 37 1 I re-drilled the holes at the bottom of the lauter tun. The old holes were 1/16". The new ones are 7/32" (1/4" just looked too big!). It seemed to have worked - sparging went much better than last week. Note to self: remember to check that the tap at the bottom of the lauter tun is closed before pouring wort into the top! Started about 5 gallons of water on high. Ground the grains with the lever a little on the coarse side. Added the ground grains to the water at 130F. Left the burner on high. Started about 4 gallons in the second pot on high for sparge water. Maintained heat at 150F for 60 minutes. I had planned on 45 minutes, but the pot got a little cool for the last 15 minutes, so I added some time. Increased heat to low. At about 160F, poured mash into lauter tun. Evened out the grains in the lauter tun. When the sparge water got to 170F, poured the water into the sparge bucket, and started sparging. Sparged for approximately 40 minutes. Brought to a boil. Added bittering hops. 45 minutes into the boil, added aroma hops and Irish moss. 55 minutes into the boil, placed wort chiller in the brewpot. Stopped boil at 60 minutes. Moved brewpot off burner. Connected wort chiller to tap. Transferred wort to fermenter and pitched yeast.