MickDundee
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Tonight it’s time for my first brew in the new house. The first of a series of 5 SMaSH brews.
I bought a Bulldog Grain Mill and new brew bag in the summer but never used them because everything started happening with my house move. I also bought a Fermentasaurus this week in the MM sale - it’s my Christmas present but I’ve been given permission to use it.
I crushed what I think is 5kg of Propino malt last night (my wife had taken our Tesco Value scales to work and forgot to bring them home. Our normal bathroom scales need to detect body heat to work so I had to repeatedly stand on the scales holding the bucket).
I’ve got the mash on now - the New Grain bag seems to let the grains circulate a lot more than my old one, but it also means that my grains haven’t cooled the middle of the mash as much. It might finish a bit sweet (the mash has settled at 69C) but it’s all about getting to grips with the new equipment.
It’s a Mosaic SMaSH with additions at 60mins (20g), 20mins (10g) and 5 mins (20g), with a 50g dry hop. Fermenting with US05
I bought a Bulldog Grain Mill and new brew bag in the summer but never used them because everything started happening with my house move. I also bought a Fermentasaurus this week in the MM sale - it’s my Christmas present but I’ve been given permission to use it.
I crushed what I think is 5kg of Propino malt last night (my wife had taken our Tesco Value scales to work and forgot to bring them home. Our normal bathroom scales need to detect body heat to work so I had to repeatedly stand on the scales holding the bucket).
I’ve got the mash on now - the New Grain bag seems to let the grains circulate a lot more than my old one, but it also means that my grains haven’t cooled the middle of the mash as much. It might finish a bit sweet (the mash has settled at 69C) but it’s all about getting to grips with the new equipment.
It’s a Mosaic SMaSH with additions at 60mins (20g), 20mins (10g) and 5 mins (20g), with a 50g dry hop. Fermenting with US05