Mashing & Fermentation

Question 1

Water Source?

Answer 1

Cedar River Watershed

Question 2

Malt Source? (7 companies)

Answer 2

1) Great Western Malting Company 2) Bairds Malt 3) Thomas Fawcett and Sons 4) Briess 5) Skagit Valley Malting 6) Mainstem Malt 7) LINC Malts

Question 3

All Malt Types used (across all expressions)? (Specialty and peated, not boutique - 7)

Answer 3

Washington Select Pale Malt, Peated Malt, Pale Chocolate Malt, Brown Malt, Munich Malt, Extra Special Malt, Washington State Peated Malt

Question 4

Malt Storage (2 kinds)?

Answer 4

Silo for bulk, 2,000 lb (907 kg) super sacks

Question 5

Mill type?

Answer 5

4 roller mill

Question 6

Mash Tun Construction and type?

Answer 6

Newlands Systems, combination mash/lauter tun with mash rakes

Question 7

Mash Size in hectoliters:

Answer 7

Rated 50 hectoliters (2 to fill fermenter)

Question 8

Sparge type?

Answer 8

Batch

Question 9

FIRST mash of the day, water addition temps:

Answer 9

73°C, 77°C, 80°C

Question 10

SECOND mash of the day water addition temps:

Answer 10

70°C, 77°C, 80°C

Question 11

FIRST HEAVY mash of the day water temps:

Answer 11

73°C, 80°C, 100°C

Question 12

SECOND HEAVY mash of the day water temps:

Answer 12

70°C, 80°C, 100°C

Question 13

Number of washbacks (fermenters)?

Answer 13

Five

Question 14

Fermenter construction:

Answer 14

Newlands Systems, stainless steel, dish bottom, glycol-jacketed

Question 15

Fermenter charge?

Answer 15

Rated 100 hectoliters (two mashes)

Question 16

Yeast strain:

Answer 16

Belgian Saison Brewer’s Yeast (Saf-Ale T-58)

Question 17

Amount of yeast per ferment:

Answer 17

3.5 kg

Question 18

Length of fermentation

Answer 18

Primary finished in 72 hours, Secondary and cold-crash in 48 hours

Question 19

Initial Fermentation Temp

Answer 19

26 degrees Celsius

Question 20

Strength of wash (ABV):

Answer 20

8-9% ABV

Question 21

How much grain used per day?

Answer 21

1 acre raw barley = 1 day/production. ~2,400kg malt/day.
(Standard is 1.75 metric tons raw barley/acre. Skagit Valley averages 2-2.5 metric tons/acre of raw barley.)