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I had to slightly amend this as i didn`t have as much MO as i thought so had to improvise a little
This is what i`ve made.

2kg MO Pale Malt
1.5Kg Lager Malt
300g Wheat
120g Crystal (Just what i had left)
30g First Gold 60mins
20g First Gold 20mins
10g First Gold 0mins

I went for an overnight mash as i`ve got a busy day, i`ve also got to bottle 40 pints of the Fiddlers Elbow Clone (ish) i brewed
on Monday as its now resting at 1007, i hate bottling but do prefer them out of the bottle so gonna have to do it.

I`m just sat here now waiting for the wort to transfer from the boiler to the FV as i`ve still no hop strainer so its taking ages again .

I`ve also taken pictures of todays brew day so will put them up once i get a bit of spare time.

The mash after doughing in


Tucked up and ready for bed


The mash this morning


Setting up for sparge


Start of the sparge


Transfering wort into the boiler


Hops weighed out and ready to go


My boiler and fan set up


Thats where the steam should go (Out that window)


Start of boil first hops in


IC in with 20mins left


Hot water into mop bucket


Ready to transfer wort to FV


And there she goes


Yeast in a jug of wort taken at sparging.


A rather blurred photo of the OG1040

Good work , What yeast did you us?

oblivious wrote:Good work , What yeast did you us?

Safale S04, thats all i`ve ever used so far,maybe time to try something differant i guess.

Looking good there, Haz. I like how you recycle the warm water from the chiller. I've always dumped mine into the water butt outside, and then turned on the hot tap come the clean up. Which thinking about it is a bit ridiculous.

Hope it turns out well!

Yeah i put some into the mop bucket and some into the washing up bowl, i then use that to wash
all the stuff i`ve used while the wort is transfering to the FV.

haz66 wrote:

Bottles of Becks on the drainer. You've been drinking commercial crap. You should be ashamed.

You say the wort to hydrate the yeast was taken from the sparge, surely all wort must be boiled?


Yeast in a jug of wort taken at sparging.

BarnsleyBrewer wrote:You say the wort to hydrate the yeast was taken from the sparge, surely all wort must be boiled?

Now you mention it, yeah it should be boiled first so theres no live germans in there. No wonder his brews smell like vinegar

MartialAnt wrote: Bottles of Becks on the drainer. You've been drinking commercial crap. You should be ashamed.

The bottles actually had Horden Hillbillys lager in them before the wife drunk them, originally they did have becks
in but i`m not guilty of emptying them, i dont mind Hordens lager but i cant stand commercial lager.

BarnsleyBrewer wrote:You say the wort to hydrate the yeast was taken from the sparge, surely all wort must be boiled?

It was taken at sparging then boiled in a pan cooled and then the yeast added.

I reckon you can't go wrong with S04 yeast for "normal" beers. It's neutral and very keen!

I always grab 1/2 pint of wort from the boiler when cooled to start the yeast, I then know it's had a hot and cold break and should be very sterile!!
S-04 starts working very quick so after an hour I give wort another stir to aerate it again and throw yeast in...Cracking Stuff

John

if you ever do a brew day let me know ? and you dont mind a onlooker

love that last shot...

Good stuff though, nice neat setup with the cooler by the sink

Looks like a great brew day... That steam appears to have killed ya plants??