09/02/08: TEA

oblivious · Post by **oblivious** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:35 pm

Have a good one, have you not been brewing in a while Andy?

Post by **Andy** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:05 pm

All done!

obliv: no, not done much brewing since last June really - dodgy back + building a new brewery put paid to brewing!

Back in the saddle now though, 2 brews so far this year in the new 10 gal brewery

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:05 pm

Friend of mine got a barrel of this in for his 40th last year. Nice stuff. Hope it went well. Guess you might be cooling by now

Vossy1 · Post by **Vossy1** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:38 pm

Back in the saddle now though, 2 brews so far this year in the new 10 gal brewery

oblivious · Post by **oblivious** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:05 pm

Andy wrote:All done!

obliv: no, not done much brewing since last June really - dodgy back + building a new brewery put paid to brewing!

Back in the saddle now though, 2 brews so far this year in the new 10 gal brewery

Welcome back, any chance of some pics

Post by **Andy** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:54 pm

Recirculating via Steve Flack style RIMS element

PID dialled in to 68 degC

Wort return to mash tun

pH 5.3ish

Return manifold

Setup

Sparging

Into copper

Get down!

Rolling boil

CFC doing its thing

bandit · Post by **bandit** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:01 pm

I am green with envy. I've been fitting carpet tiles today in the wifes shop so no brewing. Hopefully one day next week though. Excellent pictures mate. Dont forget that you will need the humble hobnob to dunk in this one as he is surely the marine of all biscuits

roger the dog · Post by **roger the dog** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:07 pm

Agreed, very good

Post by **Andy** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:22 pm

Managed to iron out a few of the bugs in the brewery this time. Insulating the mash tun meant that the RIMS could actually keep up with the heat loss and worked perfectly. It did struggle to hit the mashout temp of 72 degC but that's a luxury really. I used an old fermenter lid on top of the mashtun also when recirculating and sparging, this keeps the recirc manifold nicely in position and for the sparge stops liquor splashing upwards out of the tun.

Despite diluting near the end of the boil I ended up at 1047 which means that this TEA will be a bit stronger than the original

ECR · Post by **ECR** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:29 pm

What a great set-up

Horden Hillbilly · Post by **Horden Hillbilly** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:16 pm

Great set up you have there Andy, nice one!

Madbrewer · Post by **Madbrewer** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:40 pm

Nice One Andy.

On reflection after our 'TEA tasting' on Friday - I think your tweaking of the recipe should yield very good results, though that OG will probably put it midway between TEA & RIP catagory in strength? Should be a very intersting & tasty brew!

Post by **Andy** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:14 pm

Madbrewer wrote:Nice One Andy.

On reflection after our 'TEA tasting' on Friday - I think your tweaking of the recipe should yield very good results, though that OG will probably put it midway between TEA & RIP catagory in strength? Should be a very intersting & tasty brew!

We'll have to organise a tasting session

iowalad · Post by **iowalad** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:38 pm

Nice work!

Post by **Andy** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:59 pm

24hrs after pitching the SG is now 1038, a drop of 9 points.

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