I really try to keep my beer costs as low as possible; I'm a brewer on a budget! So when I found out I could get 30 oz of fresh Cascade hops, I knew I had to strike while the iron was hot. Unfortunately I have too many irons in the fire because I had to brew it on the same day as the blackberry saison.
The mash went pretty well, but I ended up with a bit too much water, so I extended the boil by abut 20 min. Then when it was time to add the first dose of hops, I missed the timer. I decided to extend the boil again, to maintain the timing on the late hop additions.
After an hour and 40 minute boil, I ended up w only 4.3 gal of wort in the fermenter, so I had to add a bit of top up water. That brought the SG down to 1.060 which was lower than planned, but that's not a big deal for this beer.
Fermentation:
30 sec O2, yeast pitched at 66, placed in fridge at 68F.
7 Days: Looks done fermenting, added dry hops.
13 Days: Racked to keg. I didn't cold crash, so siphoning was a pain. FG is only down to 1.018 which is much higher than I expected.
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