#19 St Freullet's Abbey Ale pics

Following on from myprevious post here are a few pics of todays brew.

Ingredients as per the recipe on previous post.

Strike temp reached time to add the grain.



Mash temp slightly lower than the target of 66' close enough.

90 mins later no temp drop.


Recycling.

Early run off.

The fly sparge & collection system. Heath Robinson but it works.


31 Lts of wort collected at a gravity of about 1035 befor the boil & adding the Candi sugar :party: . Into the boiler
a bit lighter than anticipated due to the substitution of amber malt instead of chocolate (thought I had some)

60 grams of styrian golding Bittering hops AA 3.4 for full boil target IBU 25 :pray: 10g each of Styrian G & halletau Hersbrucker flavour hop last 10 mins with irish Moss

About 23.5 Lts in the FV slightly less than the target 25, extra 1.5 Lts of steam ?? :wha: :lol:


All done & dusted & cleaned up, OG 1071 right at the top end of my target hoping for an ABV of about 7% a nice Belgian strength :pray: :lol:

No question about the yeast activation; pitched a air lock fitted & put to bed.


I really enjoyed the day i hope you like the pics cant wait for the final transfer now from glass to mouth :drink: :lol: . If iv missed anything or any questions please feel free to ask. :lol:

Nice looking pics cant wait to do my next brewday i am new to this (only one AG under my belt) and want to do a belgian style so this will be very helpfull cheers brewmarc

Great brewday Marc and cracking pics :thumb:

1071 that's a wine

Great looking beer and mash tun. I just bought one of those coolboxes and am in the process of converting it. I notice you not only didnt lose any heat during the mash but actually seemed to gain 0.1 c. this is a most favourable and promising sign for my own build.

It looks from the pictures that you made the old copper pipe with slots in framework jobby. I dont suppose you made a thread for your build or have any more detailed pictures?

Mephistopholes said:

Great looking beer and mash tun. I just bought one of those coolboxes and am in the process of converting it. I notice you not only didnt lose any heat during the mash but actually seemed to gain 0.1 c. this is a most favourable and promising sign for my own build.

It looks from the pictures that you made the old copper pipe with slots in framework jobby. I dont suppose you made a thread for your build or have any more detailed pictures?

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Thanks for the kind remarks, for some strange reason the temp of the mash did increase .01 degree :wha: Indeed the grain strainer was of the copper tube style but the straight pipes that connect the 2 ends were plastic plumbing pipes, just thought it would be easier to cut the slots. I will try & get some pics of the build on here when I have a bit of time so keep a eye open. the coolbox makes a great mash tun with a ball valve tap fitted. 2 points to note:- 1)quite a lot of condensation that builds up during the mash seems to collect in the lids void & is very difficult to drain out so I drilled a 1/4 inch hole in one corner, no more problems here. 2) The lid has no insulation material so I allways cover with blankets/coats etc, the first time i mashed in it I didnt do this & I lost 4 degrees in 90 mins now I rarly loose any heat durint the mash.

Cool, thanks for the advice. I look forward to seeing piccys when you get a chance

That's a lovely recipe :thumb:
Looks like a good day all round.
At that strength you'll need to set some aside for 12 months, and see how they get better with age!

Mephistopholes said:

Cool, thanks for the advice. I look forward to seeing piccys when you get a chance

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Here are the pics of the strainer & tap construction.



Pictures self explanitary but a few notes anyway:- The ball valve tap has three components, a 15 mm tank connector available from any DIY store or plumbing shop, a 15 mm double female ball valve tap, I had to get this from a specialist plumbing shop, for some reason they were not available from the DIY store. & a double male 15 -15mm adaptor you could use a female - male ball valve. It is important that the grain strainer lays flat in the bottom of the tun to minimise dead space so I marked out from the inside using a straight edge across the scolloped bit & measured up 7.5 mm in the middle, drilled a pilot hole 2mm from the inside & opened to finished size from the outside nice tight fit :) all assembled with PTFE tape. A compression fitting & olive fitted to one end of the drain pipe & hand tight when in usedoes the job nicely.
the strainer itself is designed in such a way that it is fitted in place by easing into the tank connector inside hole at an angle before laying flat. So there is no way it can fall out during the stiring of the grains or during doughing in & it comes apart for cleaning.

I hope this is use. Good luck with the build :thumb: . PS. "St. Freullets abbey" fermenting nicely. Pics of ale in glass to follow hopefully :pray: some good info about strainers here http://www.howtobrew.com/appendices/appendixD-1.html

Cheers mate. I already put my valve in and it seems water tight so its just a matter of building the manifold which i plan to hopefully do tomorrow. i'll try and get some pics up. I think the pictures have helped a lot.

Mephistopholes said:

Cheers mate. I already put my valve in and it seems water tight so its just a matter of building the manifold which i plan to hopefully do tomorrow. i'll try and get some pics up. I think the pictures have helped a lot.

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Did you put hot water in & allow to expand to leak check? I only ask cos I didnt & guess what ? .

great looking brew and recipe marc :

surely if it expands the seal gets tighter? what voodoo is this?

Good brewday BM, great pics.
Should be an inspiration to those thinking about going over to the Dark Side. :clap: