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my brewery assistant has the lurgy today so ive just thrown nearly 300 kg of grain into my hopper and im currently mashing away on my own listening to radio 4

just about to use the mash time to wiegh out my hops for the boil only 6.5 kg to do............in 5 additions


lots of very nice beer at the end though

if i can work out the camera dooby ill post some photies

Hi Critch,

Wow 300kg of grain?........how many litres of beer will that make?

well the sparge is well underway now and only two minor equipment related failures , a burst jubilee clip (lost a little wort) and a failed seal(catching spillage in a jug and tipping it back in!) ahhh the joys of buying second hand breweries!

so not too bad so far. got some photies on the crappy phone camera



re nigebeer about 393 gallons mate

Must be busy day all round! We've just had a right day over at Saltaire.... playing musical casks, Malt delivery, E-cask delivery, pallet collections, racking, copper cleaning. Since doing this job I realise what weekend are really for! *Doing sod all and relaxing!!*

critch wrote:re nigebeer about 393 gallons mate

Is that 11 barrel? wikipedia and google seem to have different ideas of how many gallons make a barrel.

DrewBrews wrote:

critch wrote:re nigebeer about 393 gallons mate

Is that 11 barrel? wikipedia and google seem to have different ideas of how many gallons make a barrel.

yes was 11 barrel wednesday, normally do 10 a go. system can take 14.5 to the brim working capacity around 12.5 should start doing 12.5's but its a problem of available casks!

just ordered 300 of the new polymer solutions casks, to get em in dribs and drabs as finances allow

and i still aint up loaded the photies!