AG No.1 - With some pics

[Brauntonbeer]

OK, AG 1 complete. A little stressful, but still enjoyable & learned heaps. My first nugget on reflection, get the missis to go out... It took a lot longer than I’d anticipated & in conjunction with watching the Rugby (I'M GUTTED!!!!) my missis kinda had a sense of humor failure. Anyway, I tried a Tribute clone that I got from here. Tweaked it slightly, well to be honest just added more Maris to compensate for my inabilities. So here's the reciepe

4 kg Maris Otter
1 kg Munich
250g T.Wheat

Willamette 90 mins
Fuggle 90 mins
Willamette 15 mins
Fuggle 15 mins
Styrian Goldings at 80C

Irish moss @ 15mins
Yeast Vit 1/2 Teaspoon
Yeast was WLP008 - not sure how this will work, but I’ll soon find out

All in all I’m quite happy with the outcome… It looks the part & will hopefully taste good too. Not too bothered if it doesn’t come out like the original, as long as it’s tasty. I used the beer engine on BYO website… It said that my OG would be 1.041, but it turned out at 1.049 – I’m hoping this is a good thing… I’m assuming it’s down to differences in malt gravities in the engine.




Mashing @ 66c - after 1hr it was still 66c - Happy Days!!!

Mashing @ 66c

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Sparging - crude, but seamed to work. 80c

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The Hop Line-Up

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[Brauntonbeer]

The hot break, Had to do some blowing to keep it under control. 7 gallon Burco

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The cold break - My immersion boiler worked well... it took about 25mins to take it down to pitching temp.

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Will post more as it moves along........

[Cheshire-cheese]

Looking good. Great photos. Possibly better off posted on the brewdays part of the forum. I doubt that you are alone with having an unimpressed spouse. I am waiting for my wife to come back with shopping only to find a cornie in the spare fridge

[WishboneBrewery]

Cool So far I've not been stressed much by my first AG brew day this morning... I suppose there is still time when I have to start sparging in about 35 minutes!!!
Hope yours turns out a good one

[Horden Hillbilly]

Well done on your 1st ag brew. Hope you don't mind me moving this into the brewdays section.