Well i did it, up at the crack of a sparrows fart, equipment checked and away i went.
Jolly good i thought, i know what i am doing after the advice i got on this fourm.
Wrong.
Panic set in when i realised my strike temp was way to low, had already added a quarter of the grains.
Had to add four kettles of boiling water to get it up to temp, so a little to much water in the mash tun to start.
Added the rest of the grain, stirred it well and sealed it up for 90mins.
Fly sparge went well, took a while though.
Back into the boiler with the wort, and i had forgoten to fit the hop strainer, clean rubber glove and a burnt hand later the strainer was on.
Brought to the boil and add the hops as and when required.
Chiller works really well, temp came down quite fast.
Hop strainer need to be redesigned, leaves to much behind in the boiler.
Into the FV, check temp, thermometer says 26deg so pitched the yeast. BUT, when i turned on my digital probe it says temp is 29.5deg, Will the yeast be all right or should i repitch when temp is 22deg?????
Apart from that it all went well, some things need to be tuned a bit but overall it seemed Ok.
Time will tell.
Took me from 5.30 this morning till 1.15 this afternoon, but it was real fun to do and i enjoyed it tremendously. I am sure the time will come down when i really get to grips with it.
Cheer and beers to all,
Bob (now from the dark side) :thumb:
Jolly good i thought, i know what i am doing after the advice i got on this fourm.
Wrong.
Panic set in when i realised my strike temp was way to low, had already added a quarter of the grains.
Had to add four kettles of boiling water to get it up to temp, so a little to much water in the mash tun to start.
Added the rest of the grain, stirred it well and sealed it up for 90mins.
Fly sparge went well, took a while though.
Back into the boiler with the wort, and i had forgoten to fit the hop strainer, clean rubber glove and a burnt hand later the strainer was on.
Brought to the boil and add the hops as and when required.
Chiller works really well, temp came down quite fast.
Hop strainer need to be redesigned, leaves to much behind in the boiler.
Into the FV, check temp, thermometer says 26deg so pitched the yeast. BUT, when i turned on my digital probe it says temp is 29.5deg, Will the yeast be all right or should i repitch when temp is 22deg?????
Apart from that it all went well, some things need to be tuned a bit but overall it seemed Ok.
Time will tell.
Took me from 5.30 this morning till 1.15 this afternoon, but it was real fun to do and i enjoyed it tremendously. I am sure the time will come down when i really get to grips with it.
Cheer and beers to all,
Bob (now from the dark side) :thumb:
