ReelBigBeer
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Hi Everyone,
I've been using this forum and others to help guide my first brew day and thought I'd post about the outcome as I have no idea how it went or what to expect at the end
I went for an overly-used Punk IPA clone as the recipes were easy to come by and I'm very familiar with the taste. Now I think perhaps I was a tad too ambitious for my first go! Any who it went a bit like this....
- Mashed 5.2kg of Marris Otter at 68 deg celsius for 60mins. I did this in a brew-bag in a 20l pot with 14l of water.
- Sparged the grain using boiling water, topping up to 17.5l
- Boiled at 100 deg celsius for 60mins with the following hop additions:
15g Chinook at 60mins
30g Ahtanum at 15mins
15g Nelson Sauvin at 15mins
15g Simcoe at 10mins
1/2 tsp Irish Moss at 10mins
15g each of Chinook, Nelson, Simcoe at 10mins (this was meant to be at lights out, my first mistake :facepalm: )
- Cooled in ice and water to 25 deg celsius
- Sanitised and poured through a sieve into FV, yielding about 12.5l
- Topped up with 5l chilled water before pitching US-05 yeast and giving it a good shake.
So my questions are...
- My OG was 1064 which is higher than I was expecting (before adding water it was closer to 1080) - why would this be so high?
- I think I used a very fine sieve and caught ALOT of gunk, perhaps 1-2l - is that normal?
- The resulting mixture looked very grainy - again, is that normal and will it settle?
- If my FV is sitting at a slightly higher temp than is best (currently 27 deg celsius waiting to see if it drops!), will that yield bad results?
Appreciate any help and roll on the next brew day! :cheers:
Thanks,
Andy
I've been using this forum and others to help guide my first brew day and thought I'd post about the outcome as I have no idea how it went or what to expect at the end
I went for an overly-used Punk IPA clone as the recipes were easy to come by and I'm very familiar with the taste. Now I think perhaps I was a tad too ambitious for my first go! Any who it went a bit like this....
- Mashed 5.2kg of Marris Otter at 68 deg celsius for 60mins. I did this in a brew-bag in a 20l pot with 14l of water.
- Sparged the grain using boiling water, topping up to 17.5l
- Boiled at 100 deg celsius for 60mins with the following hop additions:
15g Chinook at 60mins
30g Ahtanum at 15mins
15g Nelson Sauvin at 15mins
15g Simcoe at 10mins
1/2 tsp Irish Moss at 10mins
15g each of Chinook, Nelson, Simcoe at 10mins (this was meant to be at lights out, my first mistake :facepalm: )
- Cooled in ice and water to 25 deg celsius
- Sanitised and poured through a sieve into FV, yielding about 12.5l
- Topped up with 5l chilled water before pitching US-05 yeast and giving it a good shake.
So my questions are...
- My OG was 1064 which is higher than I was expecting (before adding water it was closer to 1080) - why would this be so high?
- I think I used a very fine sieve and caught ALOT of gunk, perhaps 1-2l - is that normal?
- The resulting mixture looked very grainy - again, is that normal and will it settle?
- If my FV is sitting at a slightly higher temp than is best (currently 27 deg celsius waiting to see if it drops!), will that yield bad results?
Appreciate any help and roll on the next brew day! :cheers:
Thanks,
Andy