Water previously treated so topped up the boiler to around 35l. Brewmate and Beersmith saying different things, but the Brewzor Pro has some great calculators too.
Boiler warming up to strike temp. Overshot strike temp but got down to 69c and added grains. Mash temp of 66c spot on (66.1)
Bag secured
Grain shot
Mashed in and then covered up
Only lost 2c over an hour. WIll wrap up more next time
There she boils and then 30g Northern Brewer hops added
Half Protofloc at 15 mins to go, 30g Cascades at 10 mins, last hops shot at 1 min then whirlpooled and left 20 mins before draining into No-chill cube
Little bit of hops and trub. The Brupaks hop filter worked a treat.
Cube and will hopefully be ready to pitch yeast tomorrow afternoon sometime
Started mash at 10.30 and all done and cleared away by 2.30. Much easier than I thought, but then again been reading this site for nearly a year! Buffalo worked very well and I cleaned the element with some vinegar (just to cover) and half a cup of boiled water and left for 15 mins; it cleaned up very easily (just like a baby bottle steriliser!)
Not sure about efficiency. Took a reading pre-boil at 67c (1022) which corrects to 1041. Doesn't seem right to me, but will measure the OG when it has cooled down tomorrow. Just glad to get the first one in the cube. Really enjoyed it and looking forward to the next one!
Jon
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