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AG#7 - Horden Hillbilly's Pilsner - 9/2/08
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:24 am
by ECR
On Saturday I am doing my seventh AG brew, albeit the first I have got round to posting on the forum
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...
Here's a picture of the grain bill...
...and that's all the brewing-related pictures I have at the moment, so this is Dannii...
...and this is Bob...
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...
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:25 am
by Martin the fish
Great, 10 days of brewing then
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:38 am
by prolix
Have a good un
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:18 am
by iowalad
I really need to try a lager sometime.
Have a good one.
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:51 am
by roger the dog
Enjoy
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:22 am
by ECR
OK, so far so good
Doughed in at 9.15am. Here's a picture of the mash:
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:
It's been going for a little over an hour now, so I'm just going to check the temperature.
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:25 am
by Wez
Enjoy the brew day ER
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:47 am
by ECR
It's now at about 65.5C, so that's OK.
Almost time to start sparging
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:36 pm
by AT
Enjoy ER, nice to see a bit of pussy around the place
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:51 pm
by ECR
I did promise it a while back
The sparge is taking AGES
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:11 pm
by Buzz
Hope its going well
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:36 pm
by Vossy1
How did it go ER ?
Hope it's gone well
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:47 pm
by ECR
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.
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:50 pm
by subsub
Congrats on the brew, hope it drinks as good as it sounds
Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:26 pm
by ECR
All done and cleared up, and now ready to post a few more photos!
First runnings:
After a couple of recirculations:
Initial run-off from mash tun:
First batch running off:
Start of the boil:
Hops going in:
Glucose going in:
Cooling underway:
Dropping into fermenter:
Maybe the finished brew will have decent head retention - unlike everything else I have produced so far
:
Spent hops (very little break material
):
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
:
I have placed it in the garage for the fermentation (with my old cars - another weekend activity
) 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
Thanks for all your good comments today!
Next up: Vossy's oatmeal stout, I reckon. Probably in a few weeks