spddmn6
I love the smell of mash in the morning.
Kinda newish to homebrew. Have made a few Mr. Beer extra batches with ok results. I determined that if I wanted to make beer I wanted to do all grain and I was going to need a feremention chamber to regulate this irregular NW climate. After some time of piecing together all my parts, I have brewed my first batch (Irish Red). Tomorrow I am bottling that batch. Learned a lesson or two in the process as well. Mostly about gravity chgs at diff temps. Now I know how to calculate the extra water I will need due to losses. Considering my 5 gals is more like 4 right now. It is a fun process and I have lots to learn.
Some details about my setup:
10 gallon kettle and hop basket, 10 gallon pastic mash tun w/ false bottom, 30 plate chiller in conjunction with/ thrumometer, big mouth bubbler fermenters 6.5 gal & 5 gal, cam locked lines, chest freezer ferment chamber w/ temperature controller setup I wired up, stainless steel cart on castor wheels to move and store all my gear.
Quick question:
After cleaning your kettles or tanks do you dry them? I pulled the lid off my mash tun and got a unpleasant smell which I believe to be from residual water maybe doing something with the lid on it. I soaked and scrubbed/wiped using PBW to do it. Just wondering if this is normal or did I do a crap job cleaning?
What do you do to dispose of your yeast cake?
Some details about my setup:
10 gallon kettle and hop basket, 10 gallon pastic mash tun w/ false bottom, 30 plate chiller in conjunction with/ thrumometer, big mouth bubbler fermenters 6.5 gal & 5 gal, cam locked lines, chest freezer ferment chamber w/ temperature controller setup I wired up, stainless steel cart on castor wheels to move and store all my gear.
Quick question:
After cleaning your kettles or tanks do you dry them? I pulled the lid off my mash tun and got a unpleasant smell which I believe to be from residual water maybe doing something with the lid on it. I soaked and scrubbed/wiped using PBW to do it. Just wondering if this is normal or did I do a crap job cleaning?
What do you do to dispose of your yeast cake?