Baz Chaz
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Some newcomers had been asking about 'how long to brew an AG brew' so today, for one day only, Barking Baz has been watching the clock :geek: not racing the clock I hasten to add just noting down the actual times etc so anyone who hasn't thought it through can see what happened timewise on my brewday :hmm: not that I'm necessarily the best person in the world to follow :nono: but my brews seem to do OK :whistle: OK, ******** to the modesty bit, they're pretty good, my mates and testers drink enough of em :drink:
However on with proceedings, this was my actual 'timetable' of todays events :!: don't panic, there's a piccy or two at the bottom
So a slightly different brew day âreportâ This was brew number 2 for me this year and its Batemans XXXB from Graham Wheelers book, page 118, the grains for this brew were bought from The Malt Miller couple of weeks ago, Iâd organised myself so I got enough to do my next 5 brews to save on carriage costs
8.45am out to The Den brewery, set up boiler on its stand and put on 15 litres of water for doughing in and pre warming mash tun, we have a combi boiler so get a decent start with water temperature
8.50am boiler on and weigh grains, Pale Malt 3380g Crystal 555g Black Malt 32g, put strainer in bottom of mash tun, get square of foil ready with slits in, to put on top of mash when in the tun
9.10am not freezing this morning but quite cool, got water up to temperature of 80 deg, boiler off, couple of litres to warm the mash tun, half grain in bucket ready to dough in, empty mash tun, 5 litres water into grain good quick stir, into mash tun, repeat with other half of grain then quick stir in tun to mix it all up, foil on top, check temperature, 67 degrees, fine, lid on, wrapped mash tun up with old fishing waistcoat for extra insulation check clock
9.22am mash sorted leave until about 10.52am, back up to house for big mug of coffee and measure out 45g of Challenger hops and 660g of sugar, packet of Safale 04 yeast left ready with measuring jug for later
So all about done for now, so go and have half hour sorting and tidying up front garden :idea:
10.30am put boiler back on with water for sparging
10.52am check mash temperature now 90mins complete, 65.3 very pleased lost 1.7 degrees over 90 mins
10.55am water up to 80 degrees so start sparging, a litre or so drawn off from tun and returned into tun first off then away we go, the smell always get me, itâs brilliant
11.15am sparge finished, transfer wort into boiler and bring up to boil, the spare hot sparge water from the boiler put in bucket to give car a quick clean
11.45am boiler rumbling away like a good un, itâs up to a good rolling boil and add the hops, this time 45 g of Challenger hops, let it boil really hard for a few minutes then turn it down a little to a steady boil. Then time for a brew and sandwich, then sanitise FV and associated bits ie funnel/sieve/heater/airlock
12.45pm add the 660g of sugar at this stage, no late hops in this recipe, get wort chiller ready and hydrate yeast
1.00pm put wort chiller in boiler and add the Protofloc give boiler a blast to get back to rolling boil for last 15 mins
1.15pm turn boiler off and start chilling down to about 25 degrees, rinse FV etc
1.30pm Iâve removed cooling coil and allowing wort to settle for about 15 mins, clean cooling coil and mash tun while waiting
1.45 pm run off wort from boiler through sieve and into FV, check the OG which should be 1049, actual reading is 1050 put aside contents of sample jar for testing when all finished, then add reconstituted yeast to FV, put heater into place add airlock and the time is 2pm
Just needed to clean off a few bits and pieces and tidy up, the contents of the testing jar were excellent and all now finished and put away, the time is â¦â¦â¦. 2.15pm.
The daftest thing, even doing this âtimesheetâ and watching the clock, I feel I have had a very relaxing brewday, maybe even become a tad more efficient, although just remembered about you lot and pictures last minute so got a few at the end of my day for you :lol:
Lovely and clear coming out of the boiler
The boiler with the extra 'camping mat' and duct tape insulation :!:
Could be a piccy from brewporn monthly :lol:
and it tasted ....... :thumb:
So there you have it, my brewday, five and a half hours and the front garden tidied and car washed as well :thumb:
Si thi :
However on with proceedings, this was my actual 'timetable' of todays events :!: don't panic, there's a piccy or two at the bottom
So a slightly different brew day âreportâ
This was brew number 2 for me this year and its Batemans XXXB from Graham Wheelers book, page 118, the grains for this brew were bought from The Malt Miller couple of weeks ago, Iâd organised myself so I got enough to do my next 5 brews to save on carriage costs 8.45am out to The Den brewery, set up boiler on its stand and put on 15 litres of water for doughing in and pre warming mash tun, we have a combi boiler so get a decent start with water temperature
8.50am boiler on and weigh grains, Pale Malt 3380g Crystal 555g Black Malt 32g, put strainer in bottom of mash tun, get square of foil ready with slits in, to put on top of mash when in the tun
9.10am not freezing this morning but quite cool, got water up to temperature of 80 deg, boiler off, couple of litres to warm the mash tun, half grain in bucket ready to dough in, empty mash tun, 5 litres water into grain good quick stir, into mash tun, repeat with other half of grain then quick stir in tun to mix it all up, foil on top, check temperature, 67 degrees, fine, lid on, wrapped mash tun up with old fishing waistcoat for extra insulation check clock
9.22am mash sorted leave until about 10.52am, back up to house for big mug of coffee and measure out 45g of Challenger hops and 660g of sugar, packet of Safale 04 yeast left ready with measuring jug for later
So all about done for now, so go and have half hour sorting and tidying up front garden :idea:
10.30am put boiler back on with water for sparging
10.52am check mash temperature now 90mins complete, 65.3 very pleased lost 1.7 degrees over 90 mins
10.55am water up to 80 degrees so start sparging, a litre or so drawn off from tun and returned into tun first off then away we go, the smell always get me, itâs brilliant
11.15am sparge finished, transfer wort into boiler and bring up to boil, the spare hot sparge water from the boiler put in bucket to give car a quick clean
11.45am boiler rumbling away like a good un, itâs up to a good rolling boil and add the hops, this time 45 g of Challenger hops, let it boil really hard for a few minutes then turn it down a little to a steady boil. Then time for a brew and sandwich, then sanitise FV and associated bits ie funnel/sieve/heater/airlock
12.45pm add the 660g of sugar at this stage, no late hops in this recipe, get wort chiller ready and hydrate yeast
1.00pm put wort chiller in boiler and add the Protofloc give boiler a blast to get back to rolling boil for last 15 mins
1.15pm turn boiler off and start chilling down to about 25 degrees, rinse FV etc
1.30pm Iâve removed cooling coil and allowing wort to settle for about 15 mins, clean cooling coil and mash tun while waiting
1.45 pm run off wort from boiler through sieve and into FV, check the OG which should be 1049, actual reading is 1050 put aside contents of sample jar for testing when all finished, then add reconstituted yeast to FV, put heater into place add airlock and the time is 2pm
Just needed to clean off a few bits and pieces and tidy up, the contents of the testing jar were excellent and all now finished and put away, the time is â¦â¦â¦. 2.15pm.
The daftest thing, even doing this âtimesheetâ and watching the clock, I feel I have had a very relaxing brewday, maybe even become a tad more efficient, although just remembered about you lot and pictures last minute so got a few at the end of my day for you :lol:
Lovely and clear coming out of the boiler
The boiler with the extra 'camping mat' and duct tape insulation :!:
Could be a piccy from brewporn monthly :lol:
and it tasted ....... :thumb:
So there you have it, my brewday, five and a half hours and the front garden tidied and car washed as well :thumb:
Si thi :
