First attempt

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addadunnit

First attempt

Post by addadunnit » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:46 pm

Hi Chaps
Did my very first AG brew today ,however not very sucessfully. Sparged with 5gall of 70c water ended up with 2gall of wort which makes it a very expensive pint.To cut things short where did I go wrong.Must get things sorted for next attempt. :cry: [img]
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I did 3kg Pale malt,250g crystal malt and mashed for 1hr 15 mins.
Sparged with 5gall 0f water at 70c,
Boiled for a total of 90mins (vigorously)
Cooled with chiller and ended up with 2 gallon of wort

Mash tun is a Hop and grape cool box
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Alton_Bee

Post by Alton_Bee » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:48 pm

Can you talk us through what you actually did as cant really answer without more information.

Initial thought is that you over boiled for way too long
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Post by Andy » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:49 pm

Not sure how you managed to only end up with 2 gallons.

Give us some more details - how much mash liquor / grain did you use, what type of mashtun / manifold do you use, how long did you boil for etc etc
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Post by Jim » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:56 pm

I'd like to know what happened to the other 3 gallons of sparge liqour, plus the mash liqour! Something very odd happened on the face of it.
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Post by Vossy1 » Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:22 pm

Well done for trying your first AG :wink:

We all learn, every time we brew, and hopefully don't make the same mistakes again :wink:

If you give us a few more details we may be able to sort a few thing out for you :wink:
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addadunnit

Re: First attempt

Post by addadunnit » Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:49 pm

addadunnit wrote:Hi Chaps
Did my very first AG brew today ,however not very sucessfully. Sparged with 5gall of 70c water ended up with 2gall of wort which makes it a very expensive pint.To cut things short where did I go wrong.Must get things sorted for next attempt. :cry: [img]
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I did 3kg Pale malt,250g crystal malt and mashed for 1hr 15 mins.
Sparged with 5gall 0f water at 70c,
Boiled for a total of 90mins (vigorously)
Cooled with chiller and ended up with 2 gallon of wort

Mash tun is a Hop and grape cool box
When boiling is it best to simmer rather than vigorously boil or keep topping up the wort
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Buzz

Post by Buzz » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:08 am

Adda, it sounds like my first AG brew - I also ended up with little wort, so topped up with water and my light ale ended up being the lightest in the world :)

I think my sparging wasn't efficient enough and I also boiled too vigorously. I've got a brand new boiler that is probably too efficient and when I read that the hops must not be stewed but properly boiled, I had the thing raging like Mt Vesuvius on a bad day :oops:

I'm going to have another crack this Thursday and hope my second brew is better. I think it's a case of learning as you go - at least I hope so, so have another go.

I'm going to keep notes of all measurements and readings this time so if I have the same problem hopefully someone on here can help pinpoint where I'm going wrong too.

Good luck :)
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