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First brew with my new equipment
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:43 pm
by BlightyBrewer
At last I am brewing with my new Brupak's boiler and homemade counterflow chiller...and I'm having a blast!
:pink
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:44 pm
by Andy
Nice one!
I'd trash my kitchen if I used it as a brew room
The garage is a lot safer
P.S What cake is that in pic 2 ? :blink:
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:21 pm
by Jim
Nice set up, BB. Be sure to report back on progress!
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:55 pm
by Road Runner
Mmmmmm, can almost smell those hops boiling from here.
I'm very envious, as not brewing today. Been playing with my classic car instead.
So do we all eagerly await our invites now, to the grand tapping ceremony in about 2 months time?
:beer
RR.
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:46 pm
by BlightyBrewer
QUOTE (andy @ Feb 18 2006, 04:44 PM) Nice one!
I'd trash my kitchen if I used it as a brew roomÂÂ
 The garage is a lot saferÂÂ
P.S What cake is that in pic 2 ? :blink: ÂÂ
That's just before the hot break...nice...
Well, I managed to break my thermometer, and I only got 4 imperial gallons (I was a bit wary of filling this 29ltr boiler up to much on it's first outing). But all in all, a very enjoyable experience. The wort chiller worked very well, and I used the waste water to clean up afterwards, and used soda crystals to clean the boiler and wash through the chiller. Finally boiled up a gallon of water and let this run through the chiller to be doubly sure everything was nice and clean. B)
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:07 pm
by BlightyBrewer
Ahhh, I see what andy is referring to. :rolleyes:
I was thinking that the hot break looked a little bit like a "yeast cake"...so thought andy was referring to this.
You win the prize DAAB...that is indeed a used teabag.
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:21 pm
by Andy
No, I was referring to the hot break not DaaB's tea bag
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:24 pm
by bitter_dave
Me too! My first non-kit extract. Very exciting. Have destoyed kitchen. Gotta go and add more hops...
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:39 pm
by BlightyBrewer
Nice one bd! What did you brew up?
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:47 pm
by bitter_dave
Adams bitter from the wheeler / protz book on real ale. Got a couple more mins of boil, then got to cool it to add yeast starter. Didn't mean to brew today, just do water treatment but got carried away! :rolleyes: Going to cool it via the one fermenting bin in another with cold water to cool method. Did this after the water treatment and it seemed to work ok.
What was your tipple BB?
Seems quite the day for brewing! B)
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:55 pm
by BlightyBrewer
It is a day for brewing, andy has been at it too!
I through together an extract brew with John Bull Light and Amber extract, First gold kettle hops and cascade finishing hops. I didn't use a recipe, just guessed some quantities. :blink: Hopefully it will turn out okay. OG was 1.050.
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:04 pm
by Andy
QUOTE (BlightyBrewer @ Feb 18 2006, 07:55 PM) It is a day for brewing, andy has been at it too!
Indeed, it's been a brewfest day for the forum contingent!
Perhaps we should organise a larger same-day-brewfest B)
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:42 pm
by bitter_dave
we could do a brew-a-thon for charadee
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:43 pm
by Andy
road runner - all done now ?
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:07 am
by Road Runner
Yep, I'm ready to start another brew now. Just emptied a keg of bitter last night. I'm on the Guinness clone tonight and have a Pale Ale maturing which sould be ready shortly. But I think I'll await the arrival of my 3 new Cornies before I brew again, as they'll be new toys for me to play with
Normski says he has everything I need, but his pc is down at the mo, so just waiting for him to get back to me with prices etc.
Did you get his last 2 kegs Andy? I think he must have some more now by the sounds of it.