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Brew Day – YellowJacket Hefeweizen

I love brew day. Its one of the few days where my diet mainly consists of beer and pretzels with mustard. Today was also cool and windy outside, so the heat wasn't an issue, and my current brew rig can handle the wind with no problem at all.

I set up all my toys and had a successful brew day with the minor annoyance of a TON of yellowjackets hanging out in that big shrub on the right. 

Everything went smoothly for the most part. The cooler outdoor temps made me miss my strike temps on the mash a little and I had to correct for that, but other than that, it was a great day to brew.  My mash tun hit an 85% efficiency for the second time in a row, so that makes me happy.  On my next recipe with that mash tun I'll go ahead and size the recipe ingredients based on that efficiency and see how it turns out.