1st AG Brewday 9/05/07

[roger the dog]

For my first attempt I'm having a go at the 100% Satisfaction described here

Got the boiler on to heat the mash liquor at 11:00ish. Didn't realise just how much 4.5 kg of malt actually was 'til it came to measuring it out !
After doughing in I ended up a few degrees below my target mash temp., ended up adding about 1.7 litres of boiling water to get to 66°C. Now 1 hour into the mash. I was going to use my spinny sparge arm but I'm not sure if I can connect it to the boiler tap so might be a batch sparge instead (if I can work out how much to add ).
Off now to heat some more water/weigh out hops/panic etc.

More updates & piccies (hopefully) later

[fivetide]

Good luck roger, hope it all goes well.

I'm still too confused to take what seems an enormous leap from kits to AG, despite the reasuring advice to the contrary all over the forum!

I'd love to see your pictures and read your story, as I've really enjoyed these threads from other brewers.

In the meantime, I've ordered me a book from eBay recommended on a number of threads

Have a great day roger!

[delboy]

Hope it goes well roger

[bitter_dave]

Well done for correcting the mash temp

I hope you manage to sort out your sparging dilema. If you advice shout.

Good luck

[roger the dog]

Ok, I'm after 23l for the boil, the mash volume totalled about 13 litres.

4.5 litres loss to grain so 8.5 from mash. First batch volume about 6.5, 2nd 8 ? Sound about right ?!?

[roger the dog]

And any idea what temp. the liquor needs to be at ? (wish I'd done a bit more prep/planning/thinking)

[BarryNL]

And any idea what temp. the liquor needs to be at ? (wish I'd done a bit more prep/planning/thinking)

Do tell me what goes wrong. I'm planning my first AG for Saturday and it would be great to have someone else make the mistakes first

By the way, from my understanding it should be (for you) 9L to mash, add 7L before first run-off (which should give you 9+7-4.5 = 11.5L). Then add 11.5L for the batch sparge. Hope I understand that right.

[roger the dog]

Thanks for that Barry !

[Calum]

And any idea what temp. the liquor needs to be at ? (wish I'd done a bit more prep/planning/thinking)

I usually make sure it is somewhere in the 75c-85c.

[roger the dog]

Cheers Calum, I've added 6.5 litres @ 80°C (had a quick check in BYOBRAAH). Now resting (me & the mash) for 15 mins

[PieOPah]

You are aiming for 23 Litres for your boil alone? What is your batch size?

Remember that you are going to lose an amount of wort for a variety of reasons -

about 10% an hour on evaporation during boil
a couple of liters through hop absorption
shrinkage for cooling (guesstimate of 10%)

[roger the dog]

Oh dear, I'd forgotten about all that, guess I'll try to get about 30 litres total for topping up the boil

[Vossy1]

Well done for taking the leap into AG RTD

Collect as much runnings as you want but try not to go below 1010 gravity

Bet that bit of info is a bit late

[roger the dog]

No, that's great Vossy, just running off the first sparge now, I've got Daab's chart of SG V temp. for 1006 to check it

[PieOPah]

Well done for taking the leap into AG RTD

Collect as much runnings as you want but try not to go below 1010 gravity

Bet that bit of info is a bit late

Only relevant for fly sparging as well. This is a batch sparge