Well as I have embraced the dark side I thought it rude as the wife is working until 9pm I would slip a quick brewday in.
The recipe is
20 Ltrs at 68% efficiency aimimng for 1.052 5.02%
4.35 K MO
180 g Crystal malt
160 g Flaked barley
160 G Torrefied Wheat
40 g Chocolate malt
Fuggles 70 Mins 28.56 IBU
Bobek 15 mins 5.7 IBU
Bobek 1 min 0.4 IBU
And its not going smoothly somehow I measured 40G of chocolate into the grain bill. it should only be 30.
Having decided to change the tap on my mash tun to something more controllable I STUPIDLY used the backnut from the first tap. Did a leak test and all was well. 10 Ltrs at 80C into the tun, gave it a stir, thermomoter said 78. Brought it up to 12.5 ltrs with cold and warm water to reach strike temp of 74C. doughed in, took a reading bang on 66 - this day could not go better.......
wrapped her up in her duvet........... Woosh the feckin backnut on the tun gave way....... wort running down the front of the kitchen units...... luckily the hose from my FB held the tap in place long enough for me to get it drained and shovel the mash into a bucket.
Sorted backnut in a hurry threw it all back together. Temp still only 60C - threw in 4 L at 75 C and by sheer luck I hit 65C.
wrapped it back up and so far all is well..... only lost about half a ltr... Ok it was more a heavy dribble than a woosh.... but it felt like a woosh I can assure you
Thank fek Madame Le Frisp is off accruing L'argent. what she doesnt see wont hurt her..... She will think Im sweet for washing the kitchen floor..... Every cloud and all that :lol:
Mind you If I grass myself up I could use this disaster to convince her that an 80L thermobox would be a step in the right direction :hmm:
The recipe is
20 Ltrs at 68% efficiency aimimng for 1.052 5.02%
4.35 K MO
180 g Crystal malt
160 g Flaked barley
160 G Torrefied Wheat
40 g Chocolate malt
Fuggles 70 Mins 28.56 IBU
Bobek 15 mins 5.7 IBU
Bobek 1 min 0.4 IBU
And its not going smoothly somehow I measured 40G of chocolate into the grain bill. it should only be 30.
Having decided to change the tap on my mash tun to something more controllable I STUPIDLY used the backnut from the first tap. Did a leak test and all was well. 10 Ltrs at 80C into the tun, gave it a stir, thermomoter said 78. Brought it up to 12.5 ltrs with cold and warm water to reach strike temp of 74C. doughed in, took a reading bang on 66 - this day could not go better.......
wrapped her up in her duvet........... Woosh the feckin backnut on the tun gave way....... wort running down the front of the kitchen units...... luckily the hose from my FB held the tap in place long enough for me to get it drained and shovel the mash into a bucket.
Sorted backnut in a hurry threw it all back together. Temp still only 60C - threw in 4 L at 75 C and by sheer luck I hit 65C.
wrapped it back up and so far all is well..... only lost about half a ltr... Ok it was more a heavy dribble than a woosh.... but it felt like a woosh I can assure you
Thank fek Madame Le Frisp is off accruing L'argent. what she doesnt see wont hurt her..... She will think Im sweet for washing the kitchen floor..... Every cloud and all that :lol:
Mind you If I grass myself up I could use this disaster to convince her that an 80L thermobox would be a step in the right direction :hmm: