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For my third AG I adapted Spearmint-Wino's "Landlady" recipe -- many thanks Spearmint.

Ingredients:
4300 g Maris Otter Pale
150 g Crystal Malt 30°L
50g Challenger (5.6%) - 60 min
10 g Styrian Goldings - added during boil, boiled 10 min
8 g Challenger - added during boil, boiled 10 min
20 g Styrian Goldings - steeped after boil
Irish Moss
Safale S-04


Filling the HLT...


HLT elements on, temperature rising. 78°C on the HLT dial gives 72°C in the mash tun and a mash temperature of 67.5.


The mash:


I recirculated the first runnings by pouring them onto the back of the spoon. Seems like a good way of monitoring how much gunk is getting through.

My first two all-grainers were plagued by stuck mashes. This time I took a hacksaw to the manifold and deepened the slots: now they are exactly halfway through the 22mm copper pipe. This seems to have worked. The joy of a non-sticky mash!

The boiler filling...


Coming to a boil. I love how it looks like a giant-size pint of stout at this stage:


The run off ...


... and I totally forget to take a hydrometer reading.

All nice and snug in the cabinet, only I've got to get some proper catches for the door:


And finally, here's the new PID earning its keep:

Nice pictures of a good looking set-up, should be a tasty one

First-class effort by the looks of it.

yeah, looking tidy there! Be interesting to compare notes on this one

cool looking brewery there mate , im jealous hope it turns out good

Interesting set up.

Nice setup there

Thanks all!

Here's a late addition, an 'external' airlock...


It's just not brewing if you don't hear glup glup glup

Nice setup & recipe

Very nice indeed, an external airlock what will they think of next

Looking very good

Gr8 pics H , glad all went well