First AG London Pride 25/8/08
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:43 pm
Greetings fellow brewers
I've not been on here that long & before I did I had no idea about Mash Tuns, sparging etc. having been a kit brewer for years. I did a couple of ESB extract brews with some success so decided to go AG.
So here goes.
1st off, power meter in the socket as I'm curious as to how much it will cost in juice:

Ingredients ready (Barley Bottom)

My 3 tier setup


30 minutes into mash, temp has barely dropped from 66°C, but I have got a sleeping bag around the tun.

Hops weighed & ready.

Clear running after a couple of jugs see herefor my mash tun construction. I went for a batch sparge.

First batch boiling while batch 2 is soaking.

All sparged, hops in.

Boiling nicely

Yeast starter on the go, Safeale S-04

Chiller in 15 mins from the end. You aren't seeing things, I kept the excess wort & topped up as I went long.

Boil over, 83.5p in leccy.

Final batch of hops for 15 mins.

All chilled & running off. I fashioned a hop strainer from some drilled 15mm copper, narrowed at the end with an angle grinder & shoved in the tap. The boil knocked it loose so I had to sanitise my arm, blow out the hops with a tube on the end of the tap & then stick it back in. I've done far more unhygenic things when brewing with no ill effects

A shade over 1040 at 23°C, not bad if I say so myself.

So there you go, problem free - I hope.
One point to note is the mash tun manifold, plastic pipe is OK, but you need to use it from a straight length & not a coil like mine, it just won't stay straight.
EDIT
Here's the view from the FV at 1AM, 6 hours after pitching....

CD
I've not been on here that long & before I did I had no idea about Mash Tuns, sparging etc. having been a kit brewer for years. I did a couple of ESB extract brews with some success so decided to go AG.
So here goes.
1st off, power meter in the socket as I'm curious as to how much it will cost in juice:
Ingredients ready (Barley Bottom)
My 3 tier setup
30 minutes into mash, temp has barely dropped from 66°C, but I have got a sleeping bag around the tun.
Hops weighed & ready.
Clear running after a couple of jugs see herefor my mash tun construction. I went for a batch sparge.
First batch boiling while batch 2 is soaking.
All sparged, hops in.
Boiling nicely
Yeast starter on the go, Safeale S-04
Chiller in 15 mins from the end. You aren't seeing things, I kept the excess wort & topped up as I went long.
Boil over, 83.5p in leccy.
Final batch of hops for 15 mins.
All chilled & running off. I fashioned a hop strainer from some drilled 15mm copper, narrowed at the end with an angle grinder & shoved in the tap. The boil knocked it loose so I had to sanitise my arm, blow out the hops with a tube on the end of the tap & then stick it back in. I've done far more unhygenic things when brewing with no ill effects

A shade over 1040 at 23°C, not bad if I say so myself.
So there you go, problem free - I hope.
One point to note is the mash tun manifold, plastic pipe is OK, but you need to use it from a straight length & not a coil like mine, it just won't stay straight.
EDIT
Here's the view from the FV at 1AM, 6 hours after pitching....
CD