AG #1....Not a fecking clue.

[metbandit1]

:party:
Brew day today!!
I haven't got a clue how its going to do, im starting about 10am, ill post photos etc through the day as I break things.

:pray:

PHOTOS IN THIS ALBUM :!: :!: :!:
http://imgur.com/a/Gz33i

 

[joe1002]

Just stay relaxed, take your time and most importantly, enjoy yourself.

 

[Muddydisco]

Good luck :thumb: Keep calm Think about things for a bit if they go wrong then act

 

[JABB]

And as many photos as poss!

 

[Dieseljockey]

The waiting is over... now you have to brew... :pray: all the best everything will be OK. :wha:

 

[BigYin]

first one's always entertaining :lol: but, you learn a whole load of stuff as you brew that first one, so relax and enjoy it :thumb:

Keep a note of everything you do - especially volumes - this will help you in the post brew analysis to see where you could improve things

 

[metbandit1]

Thanks for the support guys!
Well the mash is on... :shock: waiting for my first 20 minute interval to check temp.
What do I do if i find its dropping a bit much? Add a slight bit of warm water of just leave it?

Pictures being uploaded soon!

 

[BigYin]

don't mess with it, wrap it up well, add extra insulation in the form of towels, blankets, spare duvet - whatever!! Just leave it for the 90 minutes mash and THEN check the temp :thumb:

 

[metbandit1]

Ok ill just sit here and twiddle my thumbs....

:whistle:

An hour left!!

It smells good thats for sure.
With about 15 minutes left ill get the sparge water back onto the heat, im going to batch sparge this.

 

[metbandit1]

Well nothing broke or set on fire so everything went well! I managed to get 23.5L out of it which I think was quite good!
Although I only cooled with the chilled to 50c (to save a bit of water), so I need to leave it to cool more and hopefully be 9/10pm tonight it'll be ready to pitch yeasties.

 

[pittsy]

well done , you will have to post the test results in stages , like 1 week bottles taste test , 2 weeks etc and of course your opinion on Ag brewing and differences between kit/extract and all grain . I feel advice coming from first time Ag brewers to non ag brewers is more real .
There will be no turning back now :clap:

 

[Good Ed]

well done on your first brew :thumb: time to plan your 2nd and 3rd and......

 

[dennisking]

:clap: Glad it all went well.

 

[metbandit1]

Cheers everyone!
Pittsy, this is the first beer I have EVER brewed, so cant even compare to kits sadly

Ive got a little jug of iodine mixture next to the FV so I can test the temp/gravity when the time comes. Nice and sterile so nothing gets infected.

 

[Dieseljockey]

Well done..that's your AG cherry out the way... :party:

 

[metbandit1]

Measurement taken and yeasties added.

Does this look like 1.049 to you guys?

 

[wasp]

Looks about 1.036 to me.

 

[evanvine]

+1 for 1036/7

 

[metbandit1]

Ah I mis read it then.
Boo undershot my expected OG by a fair bit -_-

 

[metbandit1]

Beer moved to secondary today, measured FG at 1.006 which means working it out from 1.036 to 1.006 puts it at 4%-4.1%

Bang on :)

:thumb:

Tastes good too :whistle: