this is my current process, i am already thinking of changing it, its just some ideas to share as seeing others photos really helped me at the start, and i keep looking for others as i want to get better.
grain weighed out the night before.
water in the pan and up to stike temprature, havent include a picture of a thermometer pressume you ve seen what they look like.
grain in
after its had a good old stir.
a couple of towels, a sleeping bag, and old throw, - the abominable mashing monster
after 90 minutes pull it out
into a bucket to sparge
spent grain
boil on
three hop additions
lazy version of no chill. tea towel soaked in sanitize solution.clipped round the top, left to cool overnight.
next day, siphon to fv
start of what i think i need to work on- nice and clear into the fv
but loads of blurgh in the pan .
brewed on 14.3.11 in fv on the 15th, OG - 1048 wanted 1052, got down to 1012 . Bottled 21.3.11
6.4.11 looking pretty good
i cant pour for toffee,
try to show a bit of clarity.
Very happy with the results. the area i think i need to work on is the amount of water and the amount into the fermentor. i have been over doing the water and undershooting the target og's but get nice and clear leaving the blurgh in the pan. I thinking of a bit less water , (as the recipes suggest )and using a pan scourer over the end of the siphon to get more of the liquid at the bottom or trying straining through a increasingly fine sieves, (colander, sieve, voile) might experiment wiht both.
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