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Brewday 270806

Post by Andy » Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:48 am

Mash currently underway.....

New manifold should be doing it's stuff afer 13:00 !! :ph34r:
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Post by bod » Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:49 am

cool! whats the recipe andy?
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Post by Andy » Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:53 am

Errrrr, just made it up! Got some fuggles you see :D


4.3kg Pale
270g Crystal

60g Fuggles 90 mins
10g Fuggles 30 mins
10g Fuggles 10 mins
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Post by bod » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:00 pm

nice, they are the best recipes sometimes! :lol:
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Post by Vossy1 » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:17 pm

Let us know how the manifold works andy ;)
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Post by Andy » Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:24 pm

Runoff/sparge going like a dream, the manifold is great! :pink

Note to self: When pouring wort into boiler ensure boiler tap is CLOSED first. :bonk :rolleyes:
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Post by Road Runner » Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:48 pm

:lol: :lol:

It wouldn't be a good brew day unless a little mess was made. :P
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Post by bitter_dave » Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:06 pm

QUOTE (andy @ Aug 27 2006, 01:24 PM) Note to self: When pouring wort into boiler ensure boiler tap is CLOSED first. :bonk :rolleyes:
i do this every time :bonk :D
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Post by Andy » Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:28 pm

30 mins into boil.

manifold did me proud during sparge, bye bye stuck mashes....

B)
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Post by BlightyBrewer » Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:52 pm

Nice one andy. Welcome to the slotted copper club. :D
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Post by Andy » Sun Aug 27, 2006 5:18 pm

All done now, just pitched the yeast.

Phew.....

Ended up with just under 24L of wort in the primary :D

OG 1043


Pics to follow.
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Post by Vossy1 » Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:17 pm

Top notch B)
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Post by Bigster » Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:44 am

Nice one andy and well done mr manifold :D , saved me a drive after my foolish 'if you get a stuck mash with that I will sort it out' bravado :lol:

Note on the OG v malt quantities - I am looking to brew something similar strength but was, using a finger in the air estimate, coming out at well under 4kg for malts. Back to the drawing board I think
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Post by Andy » Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:33 am

Bigster - depends on efficiency of your setup I guess. For this brew I got a brewhouse efficiency of 70% i.e. measured in the primary so *including* all losses in the brewing process.
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Post by Andy » Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:01 am

Pics:

Strike liquor in tun, grist ready - about to dough in
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Recirculating first runnings after mash
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Collecting first runnings after recirc
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Sparging
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The three tier sparge setup
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Nice rolling boil
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CFC doing its thing
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Trub emerges at bottom of boiler
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Collecting wort in fermenter
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Refractometer reading in primary
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