I feel your pain brotherprodigal2 wrote:And now the pain of waiting for AG brew 1
Breaking My AG Duck (Now with pictures - see page 2)
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And Finally.....
Aeration and cooling of the wort.
Trub Break material and general scut! Yeah I know it's a waste product but it's my first AG brew:lol:
Waste not want not - the water that cooled the wort will be reused to water the plants.
I pitched the yeast at 25C and tucked it up in the north facing ie coolest room in the house.
23l of 1050 Barefoot bitter ......Done!
Right I'm off to light the barbie and chill some summer ale down!
How else do they think we do things here at the Barefoot Brewery?
Aeration and cooling of the wort.
Trub Break material and general scut! Yeah I know it's a waste product but it's my first AG brew:lol:
Waste not want not - the water that cooled the wort will be reused to water the plants.
I pitched the yeast at 25C and tucked it up in the north facing ie coolest room in the house.
23l of 1050 Barefoot bitter ......Done!
Right I'm off to light the barbie and chill some summer ale down!
Sounds like a plan I'll get the laptop out after a few beers and annoy the neighbours!prodigal2 wrote: Perhaps you could have a mini beer and electronica festival in your tent (or should that be arena)
The HSE can bite my ar*e! It's my back garden and I'll do as I pleaseTubby Shaw wrote: Don't let the HSE catch you brewing without your safety boots on
How else do they think we do things here at the Barefoot Brewery?-
PGSteamer
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I am using Safale S04 as I will be bottling and I like the way it sticks to the bottom of the bottle. It didn't really give me too much grief once I'd got my head around everything. I reckon I could scale the grain back a bit next time as I had to dilute the wort back a bit as it was pretty high. Nothing stressfulDRB wrote:What yeast are you going to use.
Hope you didn't have to much grief for your first one.
Cheers PG I have a really small kitchen so figured it would be better to brew outside where there is more space.PGSteamer wrote:Nice pics and a very nice setup you have there.
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Way ahead of you there Rogerroger the dog wrote:Great pics & great work J_P, you deserve that beer
No chance with Lucky on the case! You've probably been brewing for a while and have a routine - everything was a bit "up in the air" today but the routine will come with time, hopefully before winter otherwise the missus will have me brewing outside stillDaab wrote: watch out for cat turds with those bare feet
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It'll get drunk no worries there! I think I put in 5g more goldings than stated on account of the wort was stronger than I'd anticipated, I'll certainly post a review in six or so weeks time.Chiltern Brewer wrote:Nice job J_P.
Glad to see you decided on a recipe... it'll be interesting to see how it turns out, especially the hop levels.
I'm already thinking of all the dark ales and stouts (or should that be porters?Daab wrote:You can't beat brewing inside next to the back door while it's pouring with rain but likewise it's good to make the most of the sunshine
) I can be brewing for the autumn and winter months. I've already thought of the name for one of them - "Sump Oil" my mate drinks nothing else but stout and I want something thick and warming for winter. A world of possibilities appears to have been opened to me today. Either that or I'll have options paralysis whenever I come to brew 
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Well Done J_P and congrats on your first AG 
Great Pics, just one question are you pouring the hot wort into the fermentor airate and to start the cooling process?
Only this could cause hot side airation which although the extent is widley debate.
With the immersion chiller it's best to drop it in to the boiler 15 mins before the end of the boil to sanitise it and run the water through it to cool in the boiler. Helps to filter out the cold brake through the ops. Be carefull to ensure the output pipe is secure though as I didnt once and when I turned on the water I got sprayed with boiling steam and water fron the output pipe.
That was one badly scolded beer belly I got that day.
Great Pics, just one question are you pouring the hot wort into the fermentor airate and to start the cooling process?
Only this could cause hot side airation which although the extent is widley debate.
With the immersion chiller it's best to drop it in to the boiler 15 mins before the end of the boil to sanitise it and run the water through it to cool in the boiler. Helps to filter out the cold brake through the ops. Be carefull to ensure the output pipe is secure though as I didnt once and when I turned on the water I got sprayed with boiling steam and water fron the output pipe.
That was one badly scolded beer belly I got that day.