{"id":577,"date":"2020-04-18T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T19:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitterreality.com\/wp\/?p=577"},"modified":"2020-04-18T14:56:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T19:56:02","slug":"altbier-grain-to-glass-grainfather-nightmare-brew-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitterreality.com\/wp\/2020\/04\/18\/altbier-grain-to-glass-grainfather-nightmare-brew-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Altbier &#8211; Grain to Glass &#8211; Grainfather nightmare brew day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W7lKGoc1TRA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Altbier brew day grain to glass! Sadly this became the nightmare brew day with 2 Grainfathers that simply had multiple issues from scorching at extremely low temps and leaking pump (never leaked before). Why I will never use a Grainfather again and have already purchased the new Anvil all-in-one brew system. German Altbier is a very under represented beer that is an amazingly well balanced beer with a nice malty backbone and moderate hop flavor and aromas.<\/p>\n<p>I love home brewing but the stress I&#8217;ve had with the 2 Grainfathers over the years just simply is unacceptable and I&#8217;ve decided to move on to simpler designs that have less issues due to technical difficulties. I don&#8217;t feel the Anvil is as refined or feature rich but it works and the low density heating system appears to be the new feature that all electric all-in-one systems will most likely be moving to in the near future. Plus the ability to move from 120 to 220 with a simple switch is awesome!<\/p>\n<pre>Alt 3 - Recipe\n5 gallon batch (5.15 gallon to account for loss) - 2.268 Kilograms\n5 lbs Pilsner malt - 2.268 Kilograms\n2.5 lbs Munich Malt - 1.134 Kilograms\n1\/2 lb Cara-Pils - 227 grams\n1\/2 lb Victory Malt - 227 grams\n6 oz Carawheat - 170 grams\n6 oz chocolate rye - 170 grams\n4 oz flaked wheat - 113.4 grams\n1 oz Nugget (16.8% Alpha) - 28.35 grams at 30 mins\n1 oz Strisslesalt (2.8% Alpha) - 28.35 grams - 10 min whirlpool for 10 minutes at 150 F (65.5 C)\n\nMash 122 F for 30 min (50 C)\nMash 150 F for 30 min (65.5 C)\nMash out 168 F for 10 min (75.5 C) \n\nWhitelabs - WLP 036 Dusseldorf Alt Yeast<br \/><br \/><\/pre>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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