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finally, after weeks of gathering the equipment and info I've finally taken the plunge
here are the pics of my first attempt at Abbot Ale. hope the pics work ok...

my mash tun, insulated on all 6 sides with 20mm polystyrene



doughing in to get rid of all the dry spots



first runnings



back it goes



run off the hot sweet wort to the boiler



Goldings and northern hops



A rolling boil and in go the hops



steam management. this worked like magic - no wet walls in the house



15 minutes left so IC in to steralise



plenty of air into the FV



OG 46 so not bad



the trub



cheap at twice the price



the next day and the crust is formed. good old S-04



on the whole an enjoyable experience with no real problems. A long days work though, around 7 hours

Looks good, hope you enjoyed they day, I am sure you will enjoy the beer. How about posting the recipe, I wouldnt mind trying it.

MightyMouth wrote:Looks good, hope you enjoyed they day, I am sure you will enjoy the beer. How about posting the recipe, I wouldnt mind trying it.

I used this recipe:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=999
tried to find out from Andy if its any good but cant get hold of him so I thought I would go ahead and find out for myself

Well that looked like a fantastic first AG - great job and undoubtedly a great brew on its way.

Well done on what looks like a damn fine 1st AG , the first of many more I trust!
With a price like that who do you get your malt from??

Well done wetdog, I'm sure that you will be delighted with your 1st ag beer.

Horden Hillbilly wrote:Well done wetdog, I'm sure that you will be delighted with your 1st ag beer.

thanks HH, your site was very useful in the making of this first brew

as for the malt.... local maltster

Hats of to that man. job well done.

wetdog wrote:as for the malt.... local maltster

Darn, don't get many of those here in central London
Be sure to let us know how it turns out

You're brave doing that on your sisal carpet (says my missus sneaking a look over my shoulder).
Good luck and hope its a cracker! BTW whats the name of that maltster?

That's it, there's no going back now! Now comes the hard part, waiting for the beer to be ready. You must be a lot less messy brewer than me, I always spread newspapers around when I brew to catch the inevitable spillages.

Well done on you first All Grain!

Its great fun eh! ?