Birthday brew session and 1st Brewtroller attempt

Yesterday I brewed up a British Mild. This is the lowest gravity version of the English Brown ale style. I wanted a relativity small and easy beer to brew as I was trying out the new Brewtroller setup.

The good news: I loaded my recipe and used the strike volume suggested by the Brewtroller, and I hit my OG. So it seems like I have the equipment set up in the system correctly. Things started off pretty good, and my HLT heated up to the desired temp and turned off.


The bad news: I doughed in and started recirculating the mash. I had my Sacch rest set for 156. 156 came and went and my burner stayed on. I had it set up correctly from what I could tell, but it just did not work. I ended up having to switch the temp probes and wiring around to make the system think my MLT was my HLT so it would maintain my setpoint.

So all was not lost, the session turned out fine, but there is still work to do to get the software to work as I desire.

Here is the recipe I brewed up for anyone that's interested.

Birthday Brown (mild ale style)
	Style: Mild	OG: 1.044
	Type: All Grain	FG: 1.010
	Rating: 0.0	ABV: 4.3 %
	Calories: 134	IBU's: 17.49
	Efficiency: 75 %	Boil Size: 11.04 Gal
	Color: 19.3 SRM	Batch Size: 10.00 Gal
	Preboil OG: 1.039	Boil Time: 60 minutes

Grains & Adjuncts
Amount	Percentage		Name	Time	Gravity
12.50 lbs	76.92 %		Golden Promise (UK)	60 mins	1.038
1.50 lbs	9.23 %		Simpsons Medium (UK)	60 mins	1.035
0.75 lbs	4.62 %		Briess Caramel 120L	60 mins	1.032
0.50 lbs	3.08 %		Chocolate Malt (UK)	60 mins	1.034
0.50 lbs	3.08 %		Brown Malt (UK)	60 mins	1.032
0.50 lbs	3.08 %		Naked Oats (UK)	60 mins	1.046

Hops
Amount	IBU's		Name	Time	AA %
2.00 ozs	17.49		Goldings, East Kent	45 mins	5.00

Yeasts
Amount	Name	Laboratory / ID
2.00 pkg	Safale S-04	Fermentis S-04

Additions

(none)

Mash Profile

Full Body Infusion In 60 min @ 156.0°F

Add 19.69 qt ( 1.25 qt/lb ) water @ 170.0°F