What a great day!
Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 4:58 pm
Brew No 3 is now in the fermenting vessel.
Starting out with 4.2 Kg of pale malt and 500g of crystal malt I've produced a brew of just over 5 gallons (about 23.5 litres) at an OG of 1.050 and IBU of45.
The hops were East Kent Golding (55g, AA 4.6%) and Fuggles (31g, AA 5.4%) for the boil, plus 16g of EKG when I turned the heat off. It was 16g because 16g was all I had left!
The mash didn't flow easily at the beginning, sticking after about 1/2 gallon. I stirred it, ignored it for a few minutes, then all was well.
Here's a few pictures.
First, 3 pictures of my extremely primitive mash tun and sparging arrangement. Then one of the wort. This was taken when it was running at a gravity of about 1.035. Nice and clear, isn't it?! Then one of the wort boiling away. Hope you enjoy them.
Guy
Starting out with 4.2 Kg of pale malt and 500g of crystal malt I've produced a brew of just over 5 gallons (about 23.5 litres) at an OG of 1.050 and IBU of45.
The hops were East Kent Golding (55g, AA 4.6%) and Fuggles (31g, AA 5.4%) for the boil, plus 16g of EKG when I turned the heat off. It was 16g because 16g was all I had left!
The mash didn't flow easily at the beginning, sticking after about 1/2 gallon. I stirred it, ignored it for a few minutes, then all was well.
Here's a few pictures.
First, 3 pictures of my extremely primitive mash tun and sparging arrangement. Then one of the wort. This was taken when it was running at a gravity of about 1.035. Nice and clear, isn't it?! Then one of the wort boiling away. Hope you enjoy them.
Guy
Cool.