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From BYO article on Extinct German Styles, Nov 2019, pg 72. 2020-12-30: Brewday and second to last day of 2020. 0700 start, measured grain, programmed controller (profile 5 and saved), and assured system setup yesterday. MIlled grain this morning - This is a lot of grain - filled the orange Home Depot bucket. Adjusted pH and came out pretty much on target of 5.2. Mash complete and data recorded at 11:22. Breaking for lunch. We came up short on volume (5G) and OG (1.080 vs 1.082). Mash complete gravity was a bit low too - the source issue I suppose. Not sure why. Everything went well. 2020-12-31: 65.5℉ carboy temp and no activity at 1120 hrs. I notice that activity has begun at 1630 hours, and no change in temp. 2021-01-01 0812: 66.4℉ and crankin' along. Couple inches of krausen. 1950: It's getting kind of warm so I moved it to the floor from the highest table. 2021-01-02 0907: Carboy has dropped to 65℉ since moving it to the floor. Good. I am leaving it like that. 2021-01-03 1006: Krausen is dropping as is the carboy temp. I want it to finish strong so I am going to move it back onto the sink/table. 1604: Temp back up to 64+. 2021-01-05 0818: I need that srifce so the carboy is moving to the floor. Temp in carboy is 65.8℉. Krausen has dropped completely and bubbling has backed off to a period of 10 seconds. 2021-01-06 0821: Carboy on the floor temp down to 62.8℉. 2021-01-07 0847: Carboy at 62.6℉. Since I won't be brewing for a week or so I m moving the carboy back onto the sink/table to make it warmer. Bubbling continues. 1735: 64.0℉. 2021-01-09: Today's carboy temp is 65.6℉ and specific gravity reads 12 Brix which converts to 1.028. It would seem we still have a long way to go. Taste of sweet and smoke; maybe some medicinal funk that I hope goes away. 2021-01-10 1025: Temp pretty steady from yesterday to today, but I want it higher in order to get that gravity down. I am raising the ambient room temp 3 degrees to 67℉. 2021-01-15: 11.8 Brix (1.026) and 70.4℉. I guess raising the temp didn't really achieve anything. I should rack to secondary for sure. ...And did. 2021-01-31: No activity. Added Safale US-05 packet in hopes of driving the FG down. 2021-02-01 0825: Some activity has returned. Carboy temp (carboy on floor) reads 63.2°F. I moved the carboy up in the air column to the sink/table to get it warmer. US-05 is working! 2021-02-11: Refractometer reads 11.9 Brix. This results in a FG of 1027, a curious slight and inexpicable rise of one point. Flavor is awesome. Racking to keg 16, a Slimeline Torpedo, freshly cleaned and sanitised.