AG#7 - Horden Hillbilly's Pilsner - 9/2/08

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AG#7 - Horden Hillbilly's Pilsner - 9/2/08

Post by ECR » Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:24 am

On Saturday I am doing my seventh AG brew, albeit the first I have got round to posting on the forum :oops:

I'm doing HH's pilsner recipe. I have rounded up the amounts a little:

Pilsner Malt 3,000g
Carapils Malt 400g
Flaked Maize 400g
Brewing Sugar 400g
Saaz hops (90 mins) 63g
Saflager Yeast

I'm also testing out my photograph-posting capabilities, so fingers crossed... [-o<

Here's a picture of the grain bill...

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...and that's all the brewing-related pictures I have at the moment, so this is Dannii...

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...and this is Bob...

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Mashing is scheduled to commence at 9am. I am hoping that this is one that Mrs R will like to drink.

She has just gone to Africa for 10 days with work. Hmm...
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Martin the fish

Post by Martin the fish » Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:25 am

Great, 10 days of brewing then :lol:
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prolix

Post by prolix » Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:38 am

Have a good un 8)
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Post by iowalad » Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:18 am

I really need to try a lager sometime.

Have a good one.
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Post by roger the dog » Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:51 am

Enjoy 8)
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Post by ECR » Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:22 am

OK, so far so good 8)

Doughed in at 9.15am. Here's a picture of the mash:

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Unfortunately, I couldn't get the thermometer in focus (need to learn how to use the new camera!) but it settled at 66.5C.

Mash tun wrapped up in quilt:

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It's been going for a little over an hour now, so I'm just going to check the temperature.
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Post by Wez » Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:25 am

Enjoy the brew day ER 8)
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Post by ECR » Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:47 am

It's now at about 65.5C, so that's OK.

Almost time to start sparging :D
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Post by AT » Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:36 pm

Enjoy ER, nice to see a bit of pussy around the place :wink:
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Post by ECR » Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:51 pm

I did promise it a while back :lol:

The sparge is taking AGES :-k
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Post by Buzz » Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:11 pm

Hope its going well :D
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Post by Vossy1 » Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:36 pm

How did it go ER ?
Hope it's gone well 8)
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Post by ECR » Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:47 pm

Just cooling at the moment.

Another long day, but it's looking good and it smelled superb during the boil - completely different to anything else I've done so far.
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Post by subsub » Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:50 pm

Congrats on the brew, hope it drinks as good as it sounds :D
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Post by ECR » Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:26 pm

All done and cleared up, and now ready to post a few more photos!

First runnings:

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After a couple of recirculations:

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Initial run-off from mash tun:

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First batch running off:

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Start of the boil:

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Hops going in:

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Glucose going in:

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Cooling underway:

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Dropping into fermenter:

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Maybe the finished brew will have decent head retention - unlike everything else I have produced so far :D :

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Spent hops (very little break material :roll: ):

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Hydrometer reading was 1.037 at 25C. My hydrometer is old and therefore calibrated at 60F. I reckon that makes my OG about 1.039, and I ended up with about 24 litres, so pretty happy with that. The wort isn't very clear, and I can't get the camera to focus on hydrometers/thermometers etc yet :oops: :

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I have placed it in the garage for the fermentation (with my old cars - another weekend activity :lol: ) to keep it reasonably cool as I do not have any temperature control equipment.

A long day, but very enjoyable, and I can't wait to see how this one turns out 8)

Thanks for all your good comments today!

Next up: Vossy's oatmeal stout, I reckon. Probably in a few weeks :wink:
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