Oneflewover
Landlord.
It had to happen sooner or later. 5th all grain brew today (3rd on bulldog brewer), a beer roughly based on G Hughes' American Rye:
3kg pale malt
1kg Rye malt
1kg Vienna
0.25kg Light Crystal
Tried a beta glucanase rest at 40 deg for 20 mins then stepped mash temp up to 65 deg for an hour. 3.5l / kg.
20g Chinook whole hop at start of boil
50g Amarillo pellet hop turn off (plan to dry hop 50g Amarillo too)
Crossmyloof pale us yeast
Probably got a bit complacent having had previous brews go swimmingly. Tried to do several other things whilst brewing and was using a malt I was unfamiliar with. Issues :
- BB seemed unable to hold 65 deg and temp reading was all over the place. I had to use quite high wattage and have it switch on and off regularly to maintain temp. ? Grain bed gummed up with rye? 2nd element on the blink?
- pump on the BB stopped working towards the end of the mash. This is a replacement pump after the last one stopped working. Am I doing something wrong? Think it was gummed up (have cleaned it and is working again). Maybe due to the rye?
- lauter took ages. Again, wonder if rye was a contributing factor.
- had my first boil over. Made a mess :-(
- took an age to cool in relatively hot weather. May have to invest in a more efficient cooler.
- trouble draining wort to fv. Put whole hops in boiler and pellet in newly purchased hop spider. Thought this might solve my problems, but the bazooka repeatedly got blocked.
- used too much liquor and had to dispose of 2 or 3 litres with 23 in the (25l) fv. was aiming for 20l
- efficiency was, perhaps due above, frankly, **** poor. I calculated it at about 66%.
- inadvertently pitched yeast too warm (at 27 deg) and brew fridge is struggling to get it down (currently at 22, wanted 19.5).
- the beer was climbing out of the fv at 6pm having been pitched at 12:30. Wish I'd made a blow off tube.
Would appreciate any pointers
Oh well, hopefully it'll turn out alright! :thumb:
3kg pale malt
1kg Rye malt
1kg Vienna
0.25kg Light Crystal
Tried a beta glucanase rest at 40 deg for 20 mins then stepped mash temp up to 65 deg for an hour. 3.5l / kg.
20g Chinook whole hop at start of boil
50g Amarillo pellet hop turn off (plan to dry hop 50g Amarillo too)
Crossmyloof pale us yeast
Probably got a bit complacent having had previous brews go swimmingly. Tried to do several other things whilst brewing and was using a malt I was unfamiliar with. Issues :
- BB seemed unable to hold 65 deg and temp reading was all over the place. I had to use quite high wattage and have it switch on and off regularly to maintain temp. ? Grain bed gummed up with rye? 2nd element on the blink?
- pump on the BB stopped working towards the end of the mash. This is a replacement pump after the last one stopped working. Am I doing something wrong? Think it was gummed up (have cleaned it and is working again). Maybe due to the rye?
- lauter took ages. Again, wonder if rye was a contributing factor.
- had my first boil over. Made a mess :-(
- took an age to cool in relatively hot weather. May have to invest in a more efficient cooler.
- trouble draining wort to fv. Put whole hops in boiler and pellet in newly purchased hop spider. Thought this might solve my problems, but the bazooka repeatedly got blocked.
- used too much liquor and had to dispose of 2 or 3 litres with 23 in the (25l) fv. was aiming for 20l
- efficiency was, perhaps due above, frankly, **** poor. I calculated it at about 66%.
- inadvertently pitched yeast too warm (at 27 deg) and brew fridge is struggling to get it down (currently at 22, wanted 19.5).
- the beer was climbing out of the fv at 6pm having been pitched at 12:30. Wish I'd made a blow off tube.
Would appreciate any pointers
Oh well, hopefully it'll turn out alright! :thumb: