AG#007

[Martin the fish]

Couldn't wait for my new hops to arrive-it'll be next week. So i've managed to get a brew in today. It's raining again.

Updates and pic's to follow

[Vossy1]

Have a gooden MTF

[roger the dog]

You must save some time not having to preheat your mash tun

Enjoy the day

[spearmint-wino]

Recipe? Pics?
Have a good one.

[ECR]

Have a good one. Looking forward to the latest pictures

[AT]

Have a gud 'un

[prolix]

have a great day! 7th brew and you've not drunk any yet!

[booldawg]

Have a good one MTF. Bet you can't wait to open a few up tomorrow and enjoy the fruits of your (now legendary) labour!

[Martin the fish]

Phew, i'm knackered. Tis been a long day.

All went swimmingly. Have lots of pic's but they will have to wait.

Recipe
MO 5222g-it's all i had left from my 25kg sack
Crystal 418g
Choc 30g

Hops boil 90 mins
13g Sticklebract
11g Green Bullet(these are the ones with seeds in )
Last 15 mins 15g Green Bullet
" " " 10g Goldings
" " " 1 tsp irish moss

Yeast-1968 ESB.

Strike temp was 74C, mashing in my grain(grist?) bought the temp to 67C which suited me enough so i mashed at that. Took a temp reading halfway through and no change so v happy there.
After the sparge, which took 50 mins i'd collected 33 ltr's of wort @ 1052. After 90 min boil i have 28ltr. Which is currently cooling down. I'll take a reading once cooled and add water to bring back to 1052(probably)
My boiler is too small, i only just about managed to squeeze the wort in and boil it by adding the extra 5 ltr's a bit at a time. I'm converting my 75ltr FV into a boiler in the week.

I sneaked in a couple of bottles of AG#1 during the boil. It tastes great, miles better than any kit i've done BUT it's been in the fridge for 3 weeks and is v cloudy still-this goes after it gets a bit warmer. Also head retention is non-existant. Gets a nice head for about 3 seconds then disappears instantly I had a sneaky bottle of AG#2 to see if that was the same-it's not. It's absolutely gorgeous with a fantastic head and very very clear. So good in fact that i drunk it before taking a pic
I'm not giving any of this away, it's too good.

[Martin the fish]

Brew is now in FV and yeast is pitched. Time for beddies.

I have a full day tomorrow with bikes and drinking

[Martin the fish]

I have a state of the art temp reading facility on my HLT now



And a close up of the hi tec gadgetry

[ECR]

Very impressive technology. Glad you've had a good day.

A similar device is used on my 1936 Austin 10 for holding the choke out while it warms up. I believe these cars (and probably many others) were actually supplied new with a clothes peg for this purpose!

(Apologies for going off-topic!)

[Martin the fish]

After adding my strike liquor and mashing in i ended up at 67C.


I checked the temp at the halfway point, just to be sure. My last two brews mashing temp has stayed spot on, well it loses 1.5 deg over 90 mins. Thats good enough for me

[Horden Hillbilly]

I have a state of the art temp reading facility on my HLT now



And a close up of the hi tec gadgetry

There is nothing wrong with a simple but effective idea in my book, nice one!

You certainly have been busy recently Martin & you look like you are enjoying your brewing & you have sussed it now, nice one!

[Martin the fish]

I seem to have got my sparging to work evenly between the 3 tiers now. The new taps are a joy to use now they've loosened up a little.
Ta for that advice DaaB.


I can keep my grain bed just covered now

Thanks HH, clothes pegs are so handy for many things. You can even use them to clip your washing onto a washing line