Double brew day 18/11/2007

[Vossy1]

The Oatmeal is go

Transfering liquor from HLT (top right) to mash tun (top left) at 50 deg c.



The grist



The mash having just started the recirc



I keep getting the strike temp to high for the oat rest. It's hovering at 46 deg c at the mo and initinally the heat loss from doughing in only took the liquor down to 49 deg c from 50 deg c

Looks good enough to drink already....where's that straw

[Vossy1]

Collecting the runnings



Pumping runnings to copper



Boil well on the go



About 30 minutes left

[Wez]

superb pics

[mooj]

Somehow I don't think you'll be going thirsty at Christmas Vossy. Good work.

God, even your wastebin is shiny

[Vossy1]

God, even your wastebin is shiny

Thank gawd for that...I thought it would never end
The fermenting cupboard under the stairs is full
92 ltrs of loveliness....
This brew smelt a lot roastier than the last...ruddy fab

The facts, 1st batch sparge runnings 1062, 2nd batch runnings 1022, combined pre boil runnings 1043 (61ltr).
Boiled down to 53ltr and forgot to take a sample for the hydro, though I'm pretty sure I bettered my 75% efficiency target again
Collected 48 ltrs so I need to fine tune the boil volume a little but all in all very happy.

[Vossy1]

For any brew maestros out there....do you have to rest the oats

It took me an hour to get the mash to 66 deg c from 43 deg c, which extended my mash time to a total of 3hrs

[Aleman]

For any brew maestros out there....do you have to rest the oats

Not a maestro as I am tone deaf however I would say that with a low percentage of oats then you can get away without resting them. Another approach is to take the oats and add 1/3 as much pale, then mash that seperately in a pan, for the 20 minutes of the glucan rest. While thats mashing Dough in the rest of the grist. When the 20 minutes is up heat the glucan mash up to the main mash temp, and add it to the main mash. Sorted!

Its a modification of the Cereal rest used in making CAP's

[retourrbx]

looks very good - I can't decide whether to make this oatmeal stout or the glasshouse porter... both would be nice

[Vossy1]

Into the corny's it goes after 14 days in primary
One FV down to 1012 and the other 1014.
Probably not fully matured for x-mas but that won't save it

[flytact]

Vossy,
Are you racking directly into the beer out post? Any mods to the connectors?

Cheers