The Stroyteller Brewery Test Brew 170 litres

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Martin the fish

Post by Martin the fish » Tue May 13, 2008 12:54 pm

Ooh.

=D> =D> =D>

Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Tue May 13, 2008 12:59 pm

Looking good Bandit 8)
Be interesting to see how that lot holds temp.....pretty well IWI :wink:

eskimobob

Post by eskimobob » Tue May 13, 2008 1:16 pm

Like the grain liquor mixer - ideal. 8)
Have a good one.

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Post by Andy » Tue May 13, 2008 1:32 pm

I hope you've been keeping Des busy 8)
Dan!

bandit

Post by bandit » Tue May 13, 2008 4:46 pm

I hour into the boil and I have just calculated we have a 85% efficiency instead of the 73% planned. I am now adding pH adjusted water to the kettle to try and keep the SG down as I want it 4% ABV. Next time we use less grain hurrah !!

Pictures coming soon

oblivious

Post by oblivious » Tue May 13, 2008 5:36 pm

Sweet :D

fivetide

Post by fivetide » Tue May 13, 2008 5:51 pm

Crikey!

That would last me until Christmas.

Hot work? Bet you'll be on your backs by the time it's all in FVs.

Keep the pictures coming!

des

Post by des » Tue May 13, 2008 8:12 pm

bandit wrote:I hour into the boil and I have just calculated we have a 85% efficiency instead of the 73% planned. I am now adding pH adjusted water to the kettle to try and keep the SG down as I want it 4% ABV. Next time we use less grain hurrah !!

Pictures coming soon
I told you it was going to be a good efficiency :D

EDIT - I had to leave at end of sparge stage due to poorly child to pick up from school scenario -

Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Tue May 13, 2008 8:15 pm

Sorry to hear that Des :cry:
Had you seen enough to go back for more :lol:

Well done on the efficiency guys 8)

des

Post by des » Tue May 13, 2008 8:34 pm

It was a fantastic day - a real pleasure brewing on a larger scale and the best bit was the 'porridge machine' - mixing liquor and grist - this went very well, we miscalculated and established that grist flow needs reducing by 20% but I cannot see this having any impact on brew quality.

The wort looked fantastic, clear after recycling just a couple of liters and tasted good too according to bandit, I prefer to let the yeast loose first myself -I'm a bit old-fashioned that way.

Something new to me was Wort hopping, we put 200g of hops in the boiler before the wort. when a few liters of wort were added the aroma was better than something that smells really nice. and I believe this is the way forward.

Soon as I got home I couldn't stop myself from getting a HLT worth of liquor ready for a brew tomorrow - I'm gonna do something like the Tumbleabout that I had in Derby, mainly because I am supping the last bottle as I type (keyboards a right mess) :D

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Post by Aleman » Tue May 13, 2008 8:42 pm

And the best bit of the day was leaving Bandit to dig out his mash Tun :twisted:

I must admit I've enjoyed the days I've spent large scale brewing . . . . . and its even better when you have a designated brew bitch to do all the work for you :lol:

I need to have a chat with Bandit about his kit . . . . My name is Aleman and I have a problem . . . . I can't stop planning upgrades . . . . Maybe I should give up the brewing and just build kit? . . . . . . . :?

Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Tue May 13, 2008 8:47 pm

:lol: :lol:

des

Post by des » Tue May 13, 2008 8:52 pm

[quote="Aleman"]And the best bit of the day was leaving Bandit to dig out his mash Tun :twisted:

I gave him my "chuck it all on the deck, and shovel it up later" advice - but this is getting debatable in possibility as the brew size gets this big.

I am also jealous of his refractometer. I have seen and I want :D

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Post by Aleman » Tue May 13, 2008 9:04 pm

One of the breweries I've brewed at, has a tippy mash tun, similar to the one Craftbrewer uses on his system . . . Slightly bigger scale as it will hold 75Kg plus of grain :shock: but it makes for an easy life getting rid of the grain as thy get tipped back into the grain bags and then off to the farm for the cows . . . . . . Of course Phil did once tell us of the time when he forgot, and just lent nonchalantly on the mash tun . . . . only to have it tip up and dump the contents on the brewery floor :shock: . . . . . Some swift work with a shovel managed to save the beer apparently :roll:

Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Tue May 13, 2008 9:05 pm

:shock: :lol:

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