First AG: 12/05/07 - Looks like it's a go...

louthepoo · Post by **louthepoo** » Sat May 12, 2007 1:54 pm

looking good! how did you make your own labels? and what equipment did you use? i've thought about it for a bit but never got round to it!

iowalad · Post by **iowalad** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:37 pm

Nicely done.

Your smugglers looks nice. Impressive label.

BarryNL · Post by **BarryNL** » Sat May 12, 2007 3:48 pm

louthepoo wrote:looking good! how did you make your own labels? and what equipment did you use? i've thought about it for a bit but never got round to it!

Avery Design Pro - the limited free edition.

BarryNL · Post by **BarryNL** » Sat May 12, 2007 4:11 pm

Well, only one real problem. I didn't really think through getting the wort from the boil pot to the fermenter. This time I just chucked the hops in loose and they quickly blocked the tap on the boil bucket. I had to quickly sanitise my siphon and use that to get the wort from the boiler to the fermenter, pouring the last through a sieve. Rather more hand contact with the wort than I'd like, but hopefully I'll get away with it.

Anyway, it's all done and in the fermenter now. The final tally was about 16.5 litres at 1.060. At least a litre got left behind with the hops - a few things to think about for next time.

Well, next time will be a kit I think, but there will be more all-grains.

Boiling nicely:

....and chill:

So that's where half my wort went:

The magic number:

I think that's oxygenated enough:

Just need to decide now whether to give it another dose of oxygenation sometime tonight...

GTATTY · Post by **GTATTY** » Sat May 12, 2007 5:10 pm

Superb piccies

Glad it all went well

Regards

Graham

prodigal2 · Post by **prodigal2** » Sat May 12, 2007 5:22 pm

Great photos there Barry, looks like a really sucsessful day was had.

BarryNL · Post by **BarryNL** » Sat May 12, 2007 9:13 pm

DaaB wrote:Glad to see you had the standard wort spillage, (I brew with a towel on the floor to make clear up easier).
How much WD40 went in the brew?

Just enough to balance the hops

DRB · Post by **DRB** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:11 am

POP said[quote]Is it all pics or only select pics?
Could be you have images disabled in your browser.

I can see all as in gattys cereva in the kit section but thats about it.
Tried right clicking no worky.
Whats this browser issue you'll have to explain where it as i'm a bit thick when it comes to computers.

roger the dog · Post by **roger the dog** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:27 am

DRB, try clicking on 'Tools' then 'Internet Options', click on the 'Advanced' tab & scroll down the list to the 'Multimedia' section & make sure the 'Show Pictures' option is ticked. That's about as far as my computer know-how extends I'm afraid.

Congrats on a succesful brewday Barry, great pics.

BarryNL · Post by **BarryNL** » Sun May 13, 2007 12:11 pm

roger the dog wrote:DRB, try clicking on 'Tools' then 'Internet Options', click on the 'Advanced' tab & scroll down the list to the 'Multimedia' section & make sure the 'Show Pictures' option is ticked. That's about as far as my computer know-how extends I'm afraid.

Congrats on a succesful brewday Barry, great pics.

Thanks. Given that the yeast had such a hard time getting started I was very pleased to see a few bubbles going though the airlock last night and this morning it's bubbling away merrily. Can't wait for about three days time when most of the fermentation is complete and I can get an idea of how it will eventually taste.

I will definitely start my starter a couple of days earlier in future if my yeast is getting a bit old - or maybe get some newer yeast.

BarryNL · Post by **BarryNL** » Sun May 13, 2007 12:32 pm

I normally take a test tube of the beer once I've pitched so I can get an idea of what's going on in the fermenter, and here it is. Looks like my transfer problems mean most of the cold break is still in there but hopefully racking to secondary in a few days will take care of that:

DRB · Post by **DRB** » Sun May 13, 2007 12:37 pm

Show picture option is ticked still no piccies

.

BarryNL · Post by **BarryNL** » Sun May 13, 2007 12:41 pm

DRB wrote:Show picture option is ticked still no piccies .

So, what happens if you go directly to the URL:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s144 ... 7_3794.jpg

DRB · Post by **DRB** » Sun May 13, 2007 1:01 pm

BarryNL said [quote]So, what happens if you go directly to the URL:

That works.

BarryNL · Post by **BarryNL** » Sun May 13, 2007 9:37 pm

Gaaaaah, it's going mad now. My room temperature is 20deg.C, I've got wet towels round the fermenter and it's still 24deg.C, and fermenting like mad.

Well, I wanted to ferment at the fruitier end of the range, but I'm sure this can't be good for the flavour - hopefully leaving the window open overnight will help drop the temperature down a bit.

I have to buy a cheap fridge!

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First AG: 12/05/07 - Looks like it's a go...

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