Brews-Lee
Well-Known Member
Yesterday I had a few buddies come over for my first brew-day, and aside from rewarded them with some pizza, home-made bacon-wrapped, chorizo & cream cheese-stuffed jalepenos, and plenty of beer to boot!
For the record, I am using a all-grain setup with a 10g cooler mash-tun & 8g kettle.
The brew - Arrogant Bastard clone
Grain bill:
12lbs 2-Row
1/2lb Caramunich
1/2lb Aromatic
1/2lb Melanoiden
Hops:
1oz Magnum (60min)
2oz Chinook (15min)
2oz Chinnok (5min)
Yeast:
Wyeast 1056
I used a Wyeast smack-pack for a 3L starter; propagated for about 30hrs, and the put in the fridge for about 18hrs before brew-day to settle the yeast, (as I was going to discard the bulk of the DME "beer").
Come brew-day, once I put the strike water in the mash-tun, I noticed a leak at the valve -- Oh no!! -- There was a crack in the inside of the cooler! So we had to put things on HOLD for a hour or so to run down to the local hardware store to pick up a MUCH bigger washer and grommet material to try to cover the cracked area, (and lucky for us it just barely fit!). With that patched up we were good to go with no real further complications (other than a slightly stuck sparge...)
(While reading this, picture three guys drinking & brewing beer, while playing Irish tin whistles...because we were...)
Mashed at 152F for an hour with 4.25g, then batch-sparged with another 3.75g at 190F for 15min, and ended up with a pre-boil volume of 6.25g @ 1.057, which was right on target, however, post-boil we came to 1.065 which was a bit lower than expected (shooting for 1.072) BUT, I forgot to check the post-boil volume, so perhaps the volume was a bit high...also, I forgot to check the post-boil gravity until AFTER pitching the yeast, (not sure if that would've made much difference).
Today, the bubbler is bubbling at about 2 bubbles per second (and smells fantastic I might add!)
Oh yeah, one more thing, the 8" strainer got delayed in shipping, so I wasn't able to strain the hot-break & hop material from the boiled wort, so they are in the fermenter...will this cause any issues other than clarity?
For the record, I am using a all-grain setup with a 10g cooler mash-tun & 8g kettle.
The brew - Arrogant Bastard clone
Grain bill:
12lbs 2-Row
1/2lb Caramunich
1/2lb Aromatic
1/2lb Melanoiden
Hops:
1oz Magnum (60min)
2oz Chinook (15min)
2oz Chinnok (5min)
Yeast:
Wyeast 1056
I used a Wyeast smack-pack for a 3L starter; propagated for about 30hrs, and the put in the fridge for about 18hrs before brew-day to settle the yeast, (as I was going to discard the bulk of the DME "beer").
Come brew-day, once I put the strike water in the mash-tun, I noticed a leak at the valve -- Oh no!! -- There was a crack in the inside of the cooler! So we had to put things on HOLD for a hour or so to run down to the local hardware store to pick up a MUCH bigger washer and grommet material to try to cover the cracked area, (and lucky for us it just barely fit!). With that patched up we were good to go with no real further complications (other than a slightly stuck sparge...)
(While reading this, picture three guys drinking & brewing beer, while playing Irish tin whistles...because we were...)
Mashed at 152F for an hour with 4.25g, then batch-sparged with another 3.75g at 190F for 15min, and ended up with a pre-boil volume of 6.25g @ 1.057, which was right on target, however, post-boil we came to 1.065 which was a bit lower than expected (shooting for 1.072) BUT, I forgot to check the post-boil volume, so perhaps the volume was a bit high...also, I forgot to check the post-boil gravity until AFTER pitching the yeast, (not sure if that would've made much difference).
Today, the bubbler is bubbling at about 2 bubbles per second (and smells fantastic I might add!)
Oh yeah, one more thing, the 8" strainer got delayed in shipping, so I wasn't able to strain the hot-break & hop material from the boiled wort, so they are in the fermenter...will this cause any issues other than clarity?
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