BristolBrew
New Member
Hello all.
After a pretty successful attempt at kit brewing (got through the keg in two weekends with the help of some mates :-) I decided to get deeper into the hobby and try my hand at whole grain brewing.
Bought an electric mash tun / boiler, chiller, and all the grains. Here are a few pics from yesterday's brew:
Here's the recipe:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p...26oEiKBdjU2fb5EyQ2CuxGPCge8aUg57=w620-h929-no
Mash tun ready:
Found out that the grain bag was too small, so in desperation we used an old (clean!) pillowcase...
Draining the wort while trying to sparge:
Chilling after the boil (brother in photo):
The chiller is a bit big....
Finishing up:
The problem is, I don't think we were able to sparge well enough. The SG is supposed to be 1060 and I measured 1.031. Is it worth continuing? It needs to stew for 3 months and I was looking forward to making a Christmas brew for friends / family but don't want to have it sitting there if it won't work.
Any thoughts?
After a pretty successful attempt at kit brewing (got through the keg in two weekends with the help of some mates :-) I decided to get deeper into the hobby and try my hand at whole grain brewing.
Bought an electric mash tun / boiler, chiller, and all the grains. Here are a few pics from yesterday's brew:
Here's the recipe:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p...26oEiKBdjU2fb5EyQ2CuxGPCge8aUg57=w620-h929-no
Mash tun ready:
Found out that the grain bag was too small, so in desperation we used an old (clean!) pillowcase...
Draining the wort while trying to sparge:
Chilling after the boil (brother in photo):
The chiller is a bit big....
Finishing up:
The problem is, I don't think we were able to sparge well enough. The SG is supposed to be 1060 and I measured 1.031. Is it worth continuing? It needs to stew for 3 months and I was looking forward to making a Christmas brew for friends / family but don't want to have it sitting there if it won't work.
Any thoughts?