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[A T]

This is what i mashed tonight, it's number 4 in the durden park book which i'm loving :party:

12.2 kg Maris Otter
it calls for about 255g of fuggles but i'll be adding more to account for a 60 min boil

Here's some pics, it was my first time to run my HERMS (big thanks to all who helped me build it, especially Vossy :thumb: )

Inside the tun

The Mash

Heating the HLT

Shrouds on the elements courtesy of Bru4u, top man :thumb:

The whole set up

Weighed grain

Yum yum

Checking the technology
With more technology, close enough

 

[Vossy1]

Uber shiny A T
Those element shrouds from Bru4u are the nuts are'nt they :thumb:

 

[A T]

They sure are V cheers Bru4u

 

[Wez]

Love it - Nice one AT :thumb:

 

[Bru4u]

Nice one

 

[llannige]

Nice set up

Have a good un A_T :thumb:

 

[Frisp]

Mate. I hope you never tire of showing off your shiney.
I just gotta get some of those shrouds... They are tissue time

 

[tubby_shaw]

Nice

 

[A T]

I boiled this last night and for for the first time my efficiency was **** :cry: I was aiming for 1055 and only got 1046 :wha: i can't understand why as everything seemed to go without a hitch and i double checked the temperature of the mash with my trusty hana digital thermometer. Any way here's a few more pics

Hops added

The boil

I can still smell fuggles in the house :lol:

For the second time the cpc disconnect got blocked, still let the wort pass through so all was not lost

 

[A T]

Just had the first pint of this baby and i'm impressed, it got no aroma to speak of but the hops taste so fresh (not green) and there is a lovely fruity after taste i'm gonna leave it alone for another while cause i have a feeling there's more to come from this one

 

[Vossy1]

Great news A T :thumb:

i'm gonna leave it alone for another while cause i have a feeling there's more to come from this one

I believed you, up to that point :lol: :drink:

 

[A T]

I believed you, up to that point :lol: :drink:

Well i did mean it at the time

 

[arturobandini]

Nice one AT. I'm very interested as to what's in the Pride glass as that looks damn tasty. Looking to upscale my copper manifold and have to ask why you've used compression? Don't trust regular copper fittings that aren't soldered at that size of manifold? Compression fittings therefore allowing rigidity and the ability to disassemble and clean?

 

[A T]

Mate i used them cause i got a big bag of them in work at a fair price (free)

 

[arturobandini]

I've got a tendency to overcomplicate! But the mystery remains as to what was in the glass??

 

[A T]

I reckon it's this viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1312

 

[Oblivious]

Nice work AT, I do like durden park recipes