Bri's grainfather ettempt part 1

[Robin54]

Unfortunately not yet...visitors from the Regt in the morning..pick my daughter up afternoon..thinking weds afternoon.....hmmmm! Might get the rest of the gears I've orders!!
But I have HB HQ sorted..right man cave..
Atb
Bri

top work Bri. take it easy mate

 

[Manxnorton]

top work Bri. take it easy mate

Will do Robin,
I'm taking it slow!! Real slow!!! Think that why I had such good batches ova the years...never lost one...butif I rush things it could be disasterous!!
Lol
Atb bri

 

[Manxnorton]

26/10/16
Well as some know me for a few years now, and I must admit I don't rush Into anything...specially now that my brain is not fixed!! Lol
So there's things I'm not rushing into and there:
1. Finalise the milk choc stout...need it confirmed for 23l..and I'm missing the hops weight? PLEASE HELP?
2. Need the water report n a kit if needed to get the brew sorted..I know nowt about the water...PLEASE HELP?
3. I want the fermintation to get right, so a ferm chamber is ongoing!!!
4. And getting a full day of brewing is doing my head in...weights the ingredients last nite..more on the floor! One handed is not as easy I thought! Lol the rest of the ingredients should be delivered today.
Any help would be appreciated
Atb
Bri

 

[DoctorMick]

1 - depends how bitter you want it to be and what the AAs of your hops are. Stouts typically aren't very bitter, somewhere between 20 and 40 depending on the style of stout.
2 - If I were you I wouldn't worry about water treatment for your first brew or two, get comfortable with your new equipment and processes then worry about water. You'll still end up with a decent beer without water treatment.

 

[Manxnorton]

1 - depends how bitter you want it to be and what the AAs of your hops are. Stouts typically aren't very bitter, somewhere between 20 and 40 depending on the style of stout.
2 - If I were you I wouldn't worry about water treatment for your first brew or two, get comfortable with your new equipment and processes then worry about water. You'll still end up with a decent beer without water treatment.

Great advice pal.
great getter a experience view on thing.
for some reason the hops says 2g...that's not a lot:!:
AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! that's better..
got my recipe from my old thread lol...milk choc stout

Recipe Specs
----------------
Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 4.530
Total Hops (g): 15.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.043 (�P): 10.7
Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (�P): 2.8
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.22 %
Colour (SRM): 18.4 (EBC): 36.2
Bitterness (IBU): 8.3 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
----------------
3.800 kg Maris Otter Malt (83.89%)
0.270 kg Crystal 60 (5.96%)
0.200 kg Carapils (Dextrine) (4.42%)
0.200 kg Chocolate, Pale (4.42%)
0.060 kg Black Malt (1.32%)

Hop Bill
----------------
15.0 g East Kent Golding Leaf (4.7% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)

Misc Bill
----------------
270.0 g Lactic Acid @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 66�C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20�C with WLP004 - Irish Ale

15g is better than 2g....
15.73L mash water
14.89 sparge water.

the other ingredients are supposed to come in an hour!!!
righhhhhht making a decision to do a brew or not!!!
off I go and set up!!!!!:thumb:
thx pal
ATB
Bri

 

[IainM]

Great advice pal.
great getter a experience view on thing.
for some reason the hops says 2g...that's not a lot:!:
AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! that's better..
got my recipe from my old thread lol...milk choc stout

Recipe Specs
----------------
Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 4.530
Total Hops (g): 15.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.043 (�P): 10.7
Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (�P): 2.8
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.22 %
Colour (SRM): 18.4 (EBC): 36.2
Bitterness (IBU): 8.3 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
----------------
3.800 kg Maris Otter Malt (83.89%)
0.270 kg Crystal 60 (5.96%)
0.200 kg Carapils (Dextrine) (4.42%)
0.200 kg Chocolate, Pale (4.42%)
0.060 kg Black Malt (1.32%)

Hop Bill
----------------
15.0 g East Kent Golding Leaf (4.7% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)

Misc Bill
----------------
270.0 g Lactic Acid @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 66�C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20�C with WLP004 - Irish Ale

15g is better than 2g....
15.73L mash water
14.89 sparge water.

the other ingredients are supposed to come in an hour!!!
righhhhhht making a decision to do a brew or not!!!
off I go and set up!!!!!:thumb:
thx pal
ATB
Bri

Looks good. I hope that is 270g lactose you'll be adding, and not lactic acid.

 

[Manxnorton]

Looks good. I hope that is 270g lactose you'll be adding, and not lactic acid.

:mrgreen:
Lastose lol
Anyways my delivery of Carapils hasn't come through...all I need is that!!!:twisted:
So unpack the kit...
At least I got a new joy..

Atb
Bri

 

[chewie]

26/10/16

4. And getting a full day of brewing is doing my head in...weights the ingredients last nite..more on the floor! One handed is not as easy I thought! Lol the rest of the ingredients should be delivered today.
Any help would be appreciated
Atb
Bri

Might be an idea to do pre packed mash kits, most of the mail order home brew shops do them, you can add extra grain to it then knowing that the base brew is going to be consistent with just whatever malt you add setting it apart.

 

[Manxnorton]

Might be an idea to do pre packed mash kits, most of the mail order home brew shops do them, you can add extra grain to it then knowing that the base brew is going to be consistent with just whatever malt you add setting it apart.

Hello my ol m8,
Great ta get message
That's a bloody idea...I might email the malt miller and say what they say...mind the carapils wasn't off them...I had ordered it! But I had ring them and pay hell!!
So a few days to go!!! Looking like next week with the bairn off school n stuff.
I'm a patient man! Had to be..lol
Thinking that recipe for bellhaven black on my thread is a goer!! Need someone to finalise it, yeast etc...23l batch though.
Catch u later pal
Atb
Bri

 

[yeastinfection]

:mrgreen:
Lastose lol
Anyways my delivery of Carapils hasn't come through...all I need is that!!!:twisted:
So unpack the kit...
At least I got a new joy..

Atb
Bri

mine arrived the other day,
theres a graph someone has kindly put up on here some where,
i made the mistake of trying to read my fg with it, with out using it for the og ..its not as straight forward as i thought, but still i shall persevere,:grin:

 

[Manxnorton]

mine arrived the other day,
theres a graph someone has kindly put up on here some where,
i made the mistake of trying to read my fg with it, with out using it for the og ..its not as straight forward as i thought, but still i shall persevere,:grin:

Omg! Doesn't hold much help for me then lol
I tried to view in it..couldn't do it with the right eye coz of my strokes I can't close the left eye!! Arghhhh! N the reading are a bit blurred!! Even adjusting it!!
Years of looking through a rifle scope and I can't get it right!! Ohh well plan B...looks like it
Atb
Bri

 

[Manxnorton]

We'll eventually I got my final ingredients...
Bet your wondering when the brew day is going to be ??
Think tomorrow is the brew day?? If our lass is at work...not sure.
Might set up the mash water on timer, after sanintizing etc..get the recipe layed out and the craptop ready.
Or just get up at early nuff...coz thinking our lass get up for a shower 5am lol
And the bathroom is the area..
The only thing is the boil down wort to add nearly at the end of the boil, can't remember if it important or not??
Atb
I'll keep u in the loop!

 

[yeastinfection]

boil down wort..whats that then?

 

[Manxnorton]

boil down wort..whats that then?

Looking st my original recipe there nothing there about boil down the wort!!! Wtf have got if from??
It is me you know!!! I'm a special case...
Lol

 

[yeastinfection]

sounds good though,:thumb:

 

[Manxnorton]

Nearly finished the boil!!
Wup wup! Brewday-nite

 

[Manxnorton]

Well it's been an exiting night!!
What thing I forgot is the Irish moss...any probs on that?
Brew day turned into brewnite
Set up was easy..taking my time of course.
Heated the mass water then sparge water before taking our lass to work

Ingredients measured ages ago ready

Then slowly mixed the grains

Then 60 mins and I can relax a little..
I must admit that the ammout of water would be too much...but I shouldn't of worried.
Sparge water want a big thing, slowly done it and put the boiler to boil.
Ready to boil..

No dramas of a rolling break and the hops added and then 60 mins commenced

All in all this is been an easy experience and the GF is truly amazing..
Only thing was the mash pump connections tends to get stuck with the heat so had to use a mole grips and use the connection with one hand..
Got a tadge under 23l and no probs getting it upstairs...my workout to the day.
1.047 but the refraction thingy the reading is too small for my bad eyes so used the hydromentor.
Pitch the no probs and insulated blanket and wet towel heat pad and the ice ice bird set...tidy up was another thing lol but I enjoyed the whole experience..
Thx for waiting for my brewday

 

[DoctorMick]

Glad it went well Bri. :

 

[Manxnorton]

really enjoyed... slowly and no probs to rant on with....but gf needs a quick resease connector on the pump thingybob lol

 

[Robin54]

really enjoyed... slowly and no probs to rant on with....but gf needs a quick resease connector on the pump thingybob lol

Well done mate...MISSION ACCOMPLISHED:thumb: