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The boil And the remains of the day..

The first runnings. The second runnings were quite a bit paler. First runnings in the kettle.

The HLT... It's a 35L electric urn with a thermostat. Price = free :ph34r: In side the mash.... actually during the first runnings

The towel insulated mash tun :) and my mash temp gauge. It has a 10cm stem, and I drilled a hole through the top of the lid so it measures mash temp without having to open the tun. It's actually reading 155F in this pic.

Now for some pics of my setup... Inside the mash tun inside the kettle Go the plastic electric!!!

Well, I've finally done it. I've made an all grain beer. The Original Recipe: 5kg Pale Malt (JWM I believe) 0.25kg Crystal (120-150 EBC) 30g Northern Brewer 60min 9.5% 25g E.K.G 30min 5.2% 20g E.K.G 15min 5.2% 1968 London ESB Yeast I was planning on a mash efficiency of 65% (O.G of...

So we need 50 stubbies each then? Mine will all be of the same style, but maybe not the same batch. I only popped my AG cherry on the weekend, so I'll be doing the same style for a few batches to perfect my process. The brewday went without a hitch by the way... Aside from a better...

Just found this thread... But what about FWH? Will boiling for approx 30 min before the bittering hop addition affect the whole FWH concept? I'm an AG virgin until this weekend, so I'm glad I found this thread. Yet more good info. You just never stop learning...

for my first ag I've settled on: 4kg Pale Malt 0.25kg Crystal (about 120 EBC i think) 15g Northern brewer FWH 20g Northern Brewer 60min 20g E.K. Goldings 30 min 20g E.K. Goldings 15 min 1968 ESB wyeast My main worry is I can't predict hop flavour yet so I don't know how to plan the later hop...

Did anyone have any bitter recipes?

I'd be interested to know as well.

Downloaded and installed without any problems. Fired the program up and had a bit of a fiddle... Looks good.

I reckon 25 is a good cap. Now I need to go and get some tallies... I ain't giving away my precious Grolsch bottles :angry: p.s. if anyone has some Grolsch swingtops they aren't using I'd be happy to take them off your hands :)

The plasticiser used in most food safe plastic products is generally citric acid. The same stuff that is used in glad wrap, and as a food additive in a huge amount of foods. I'm sure there are more (and more harmful) additives in commercial beer, just look up Food Standards Australia...

So... What are the rules/time frames for this? I still have to get my ag setup build yet. Should only take another month or so :) This may give me some motivation to get brewing.

Just got myself one of those 60L fermenters to use for my boiler. The 30L would probably have had boil-overs. Now I'll be able to have nice long hard boils :)

Great pics Sintax. What's the volume of the Bucket of Death? And why are the elements mounted one above the other? (I didn't think of doing it that way). Anyway, thanks. Now I've got a bit more of an idea for my boiler.

Barry and Nonicman, You used the plastic tap that comes with the fermenter? I was thinking of using a ball valve fitted with bulkhead type fittings. Although I'm not sure where the best place to fit it is due to that funny band that runs around the bottom of the fermenter. I'm interested in...

G'day all, I've been reading through the forum for the last week or so gathering knowledge for my impeding leap onto ag brewing. I've got; 1. 35lt hot water urn for my HLT ($5 from a garage sale and only a small amount of scale in the bottom, the rest is shiny new!), 2. a 30lt esky and...