First All Grain 28/04/07

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Niall K

First All Grain 28/04/07

Post by Niall K » Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:05 pm

My first all grain, Eskimo Stout. I increased the original recipe by about 20%

3000g Pale malt
480g Roasted Barley
1200g Flaked Barley
57g Fuggles (for last 60 mins)
5g Irish Moss (for last 15 mins)

White Labs (WLP004) liquid yeast.

The Ingredients
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The Mash
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Mash Temp achieved (Strike temp of 73C)
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Smells nice!
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My Sparge SetUp
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Starting the boil
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Boil well under way
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Adding the hops
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Boil nearly completed with the hops (45 min boil time)
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Cooling The wort
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Aerating the wort before adding the yeast
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Enjoyed the day. 8 hours in total. The only part I did not enjoy was the cleaning up!
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Road Runner

Post by Road Runner » Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:32 pm

Excellent. Great set up with Stainless steel boiler, gas burner & aeration pump for a 1st all grain.

Once you've made the jump, there's no going back from my experience.

I clean up stuff as I go along, once I've used certain aparatus. Makes the tedious chore less tedious somehow. You find you have plenty of time during mashing/boiling for cleaning stuff.
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Seveneer

Post by Seveneer » Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:34 pm

Looks good. Was that the mash temperature you were after?

/Phil.
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Niall K

Post by Niall K » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:06 pm

Looks good. Was that the mash temperature you were after?
I was after a temperature of 64deg C. Was very happy with that. Being my first brew I have made a few mistakes which hopefully should improve over the next few brews. I never checked my runnings of sparge until I was down to 1004. I dont know how this is going to effect my end product but its something to watch out for next time. You learn by your mistakes :)
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Seveneer

Post by Seveneer » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:08 pm

Niall K wrote: I was after a temperature of 64deg C.
In which case your 1st AG went extremely well. Well done :D

I wouldn't worry about the fact that you sparged down to 1.004. You'll still make beer. Next time you'll know to check periodically.
Last edited by Seveneer on Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Frothy

Post by Frothy » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:28 pm

Congratulations & great pic's btw. Foil hops well worth the extra money :) How much did you have to top up by in the end?

Frothy
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Niall K

Post by Niall K » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:41 pm

How much did you have to top up by in the end?
Finished boil volume of 17 liters. Topped up to 20.5 liters.
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prodigal2

Post by prodigal2 » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:53 pm

Great pics there Niall.
Did you syphon out of your boiler?
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subsub

Post by subsub » Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:23 am

Well done Niall, great first attempt. There's no going back now :wink:
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tubby_shaw

Post by tubby_shaw » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:56 am

Congratulations Niall
Great pictures and its good to know it all went reasonably well.
Keep up the good work 8)
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eskimobob

Post by eskimobob » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:04 am

Well done Niall, great pictures too :D
That is a monster boiler :shock: :lol:
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notassuch

Post by notassuch » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:32 am

Cracking stuff Niall.
Lovely pics too. Glad you had a good brewday! 8)
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Niall K

Post by Niall K » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:42 am

Did you syphon out of your boiler?
No. I bought a sieve that has pull out handles both sides and fits over the fermenter perfectly. I lifted the boiler and poured the brew through the sieve to remove the hops and into the bin :)
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prodigal2

Post by prodigal2 » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:59 am

Niall K wrote:
Did you syphon out of your boiler?
No. I bought a sieve that has pull out handles both sides and fits over the fermenter perfectly. I lifted the boiler and poured the brew through the sieve to remove the hops and into the bin :)
simple, I like it. Just checking I hoping that I will be going AG in the next few weeks if all the bits get delivered and I have the time to get the fermentation done whilst Im at home. :wink:
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