Vossy first AG pt2

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Western Brewer

Post by Western Brewer » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:41 am

Nice work and pictures Vossy. Planning my second brew at the moment. Might be a partial mash this time cause I like the sound of the recipe which came from the latest issue of BYO mag. It's called Round the World Tripel.

mysterio

Post by mysterio » Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:19 pm

Looks good man, well done!

IanRMartin

Post by IanRMartin » Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:23 pm

Nice one Vossy1, i'm almost tempted to go straight to all grain my self!

But will probably try a mini brew first.

BlightyBrewer

Post by BlightyBrewer » Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:51 pm

Nice work Vossy. All your hard work has paid off, and it looks like you didn't have too many mishaps.

Ian, go on, take the plunge into AG, we will all be behind you...it's not as scary as some HB books would lead you to believe. :rolleyes:

PieOPah

Post by PieOPah » Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:03 pm

QUOTE (Daft as a Brush @ Aug 29 2006, 11:12 PM) I find a good size is 640x480 if there are only one or two, or half this if there are lots on a page.

I use this free piece of software as its really easy to usehttp://www.irfanview.com/, select 'image'-'resize'-tick 640x480 (then half if there are lots of images to post).
I use http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm to shrink all of my images. Again a free piece of software. My favourite option is the batch processing meaning you can convert a folder of images in a couple of clicks. Certainly makes life much simpler!

IanRMartin

Post by IanRMartin » Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:08 pm

QUOTE (BlightyBrewer @ Aug 30 2006, 01:51 PM)
Ian, go on, take the plunge into AG, we will all be behind you...it's not as scary as some HB books would lead you to believe.  :rolleyes:
OK I just need some SIMPLE recipies with the right quantites for a mini brew??

Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:54 pm

My brew tonight B)

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Go for it IRM, it's not oo hard and more importantly, gr8 fun

WB that sounds like an exciting brew

Going to check out that batch reducing software pop...thanks

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Post by Andy » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:55 pm

Is that a brew there vossy, it's so small I can't see....



:P

Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:02 pm

I know andy, DaaB's made me paranoid :P

Just for you her it is at just over 640 x 480

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BlightyBrewer

Post by BlightyBrewer » Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:37 pm

What yeast did you use Vossy?

Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:27 pm

Gervin ale yeast BB

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Post by Horden Hillbilly » Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:48 pm

To me, that looks a great 1st time effort, much better than mine! When I came to sparge on my first ag I forgot to sort out tubing for sparging and ended up carefully pouring jugs of hot water over the grains! :(

It still turned out ok though, :out but lesson learned, any changes that I have made to my system since then, I have always done a "dry run" to make sure it was ok.

BlightyBrewer

Post by BlightyBrewer » Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:46 pm

That looks like a nice healthy fermentation Vossy. B)

Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:11 pm

Cheers BB, I skimmed after the photie and again tonight.

It, the beer, smells wonderfull. A much stronger aroma than beers to date from kits.

I did a refractometer reading tonight and it's 7 brix...which is roughly 1028 I believe..it's fermenting well B)

mysterio

Post by mysterio » Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:02 am

I am excited for you! My first all grain a few months ago is still my favourite beer to date.

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