Long Brew Day

Beer number 4 of 52 and what turned out to be the longest brew day I've had so far.  From beginning to end it took over 7 hours. No bees this time. I did find out out that traditional Celtic music is great for a long brew day.  It was then the Mrs reminded me that, "...Celtic music is all about places, drinking and women..."  I'll brew to that!

Beer Nerd Stuff: 

Beer Style: 4C Schwarzbier
 
Batch Size: 5.75 Gallons

Grains:

• 6.50 lb Pilsner (1.7 SRM) 
• 2.00 lb Munich Malt I (5.6 SRM)
  
• 1.00 lbCarafa Special III (470 SRM)
  
• 0.25 lb Aromatic Malt (26 SRM)
• 0.25 lb Munich Malt 20L (20 SRM)
  

Hops:

• 0.50 oz Northern Brewer [10.60 %] (90 min)
• 0.75 oz Hallertauer [3.8 %] (90 min)
• 0.50 oz Hallertauer [3.8 %] (30 min) 
• 0.25 oz Hallertauer [3.8 %] (5 min) 

Misc:

• 0.58 oz Burton Water Salts (Mash 90 min)
  

Yeast:

• SafLager West European Lager (DCL Yeast #S-23)
  

Mash Type:

• Temperature Mash, 2 Step, Medium Body
  

OG:

• 1.047 SG

Comments:

Sparging took forever. Wort tasted so good the Mrs would have been willing to have a full glass before fermentation. Wow! First time I did a temperature mash.