Had a visit to Leyland home brew this afternoon and decided to start brewing on returning home, I drank the last of my Christmas TTL last night, however I still have a good supply of Tolly Cobold bitter left over.
Going to brew a 10 gallon batch, got off to a bad start when preparing a yeast starter which I carry out using a sterilised milk bottle X 2.
Having done what I always do to cool the prepared wort (malt extract, boiled) the bottom of the milk bottle decided to part company with the rest of the bottle. Struggling to get another milk bottle, decided to split this between the two fermenting bins and sprinkle the other sachet between the two.
Hope this is not going to be one of those brews that everything goes wrong. Just set the mash going for 5 gallons, will delay the remaining 5 gallons to give me time to carry out the sparge.
I am able to boil the full ten gallons in one go, and then split it into two fermenting bins.
Will let you know how I go on hopefully without any drama's, if I manage to keep sober due to the late hour which I envisage finishing.
Cheers
Vaudy
TTL - Yet again
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Frothy
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SteveD
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kt88man
Re: Pictures
To open the clipboard, assuming windoze, Start - Run - (0pen) clipbrd (OK).Vaudy wrote:How do I open my clip board, do I have to open word.
Only managed to copy one pic due to clip board not being open.
You can only have one item on the clipboard at any one time, when you cut or copy information it is moved to the Clipboard and remains there until you clear the Clipboard or until you cut or copy another piece of information.
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vaudy
Mash, strike temp 73 C giving 67 C, 1.5 hrs drop to 64 C
Sparg - bucket in bucket with a stainless course mesh bottom
Sparg liquor warmed in burco boiler
Sparging with watering can, sparge went well, with the second batch ready to sparge straight after the first .
Pic shows sparging set up.
Chiller inserted into boiler via cold water tap.
Yeast head formed this morning.
Finished brewing at approx midnight, every thing put away.
I was pleased with mash efficiency - one of my best at 80%, and a total of 50 litres.
Thanks for the help with regard to posting the photo's, hope I can remember the procedure for next time.
Regards
Vaudy
Sparg - bucket in bucket with a stainless course mesh bottom
Sparg liquor warmed in burco boiler
Sparging with watering can, sparge went well, with the second batch ready to sparge straight after the first .
Pic shows sparging set up.
Chiller inserted into boiler via cold water tap.
Yeast head formed this morning.
Finished brewing at approx midnight, every thing put away.
I was pleased with mash efficiency - one of my best at 80%, and a total of 50 litres.
Thanks for the help with regard to posting the photo's, hope I can remember the procedure for next time.
Regards
Vaudy
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prodigal2
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vaudy
Boiler
The boiler was made for brewing, I had half a sheet of stainless left over (3mm 316) from a job - joy's of in the past working for myself.
The burner is propane 30,000 btu's mounted on a tray below the base.
In hind sight I wish I had made the access hatch at the top larger, however it works well with regard the draught created thus getting rid of all the water vapour and enabling catching of condensate within the duct, just hard work cleaning the hops out after a ten gallon boil (lots of them).
The boiler includes a stainless steel mesh bottom, and a 4" outlet (bottom) with a 3/4" branch on the side.
This all works well with regard to draining out the wort, I have never, 'touch wood', had a blockage.
The height of the boiler is set up to accommodate a fermenting bin below the tap. Unfortunately I am not able to include a chiller, can't think of the name 'tube in hose pipe', due to not being able to gain any height ( heavy even when empty). However the immersion chiller works well, just a uses a lot of water.
I brew in the utility room which is single storey and has a hatch in the ceiling, the flexible ducting is placed out of the way in the void with the outlet through the roof, a two minute job to set the boiler up, this has saved a lot of ear ache from the wife with regard to condensation.
Will take some pic's of the various sections of the boiler (now that I know how to post).
regards
Vaudy
The burner is propane 30,000 btu's mounted on a tray below the base.
In hind sight I wish I had made the access hatch at the top larger, however it works well with regard the draught created thus getting rid of all the water vapour and enabling catching of condensate within the duct, just hard work cleaning the hops out after a ten gallon boil (lots of them).
The boiler includes a stainless steel mesh bottom, and a 4" outlet (bottom) with a 3/4" branch on the side.
This all works well with regard to draining out the wort, I have never, 'touch wood', had a blockage.
The height of the boiler is set up to accommodate a fermenting bin below the tap. Unfortunately I am not able to include a chiller, can't think of the name 'tube in hose pipe', due to not being able to gain any height ( heavy even when empty). However the immersion chiller works well, just a uses a lot of water.
I brew in the utility room which is single storey and has a hatch in the ceiling, the flexible ducting is placed out of the way in the void with the outlet through the roof, a two minute job to set the boiler up, this has saved a lot of ear ache from the wife with regard to condensation.
Will take some pic's of the various sections of the boiler (now that I know how to post).
regards
Vaudy
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Frothy
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prodigal2