Yob
Hop to it
...well a bit of a blurring the lines between yesterday and today but fk me ded... still counts I rekon..
Yesterday was a change in equipment as I moved to the new brown pump recirc / fly sparge arm
Then I changed my pickup tube in the kettle and the HLT (Not pictured but provides a more accurate measurement now)
Kettle yesterday
Kettle today
I was pretty gutted with my efficiency's yesterday.. I did my first back to back brewday and wanted to trial the new setup n such... anyway efficiency's asside I was happy with the process and how easy and fluid it all went, sure, I was chasing a few points and a litre here and there but I can probably put that down to not paying attention to detail...
today that all changed.
Given the long weekend and the extra time I did what any Auzzie worth his salt would do.... so when I ran it through today I slowed the fly sparge even further to 45mins - ish to final run out to the kettle, which was almost at boil by the time the fly had finished 10 mins ish from final runnings to having a boil on... timing is everything there. ha..
The refractomer told me I was at 1010 but the time I ran the last litre went into the kettle I got a better efficiency than I have ever done previously at 77% according to Brewmate.. overall Im pretty fking happy..
for the 3 brews I used the same malt bill but the hop recipe varied wildly with A. what I had in the freezer (devoid of everything I'd noramlly have on hand): B. what smelled good together : C. the most cursory research and D. a small portion of I didnt give a shit but was interested to see the outcome and also I needed to test the equipment
It all went so smooth and fk me dead recirc is a snap...
:icon_drool2:
I got 3 of these in the shed
this in the fridge
and Im a pretty happy camper :lol:
Hope your Easter Long Weekend went as well..
I even survived giving SWMBO a driving lesson
Yesterday was a change in equipment as I moved to the new brown pump recirc / fly sparge arm
Then I changed my pickup tube in the kettle and the HLT (Not pictured but provides a more accurate measurement now)
Kettle yesterday
Kettle today
I was pretty gutted with my efficiency's yesterday.. I did my first back to back brewday and wanted to trial the new setup n such... anyway efficiency's asside I was happy with the process and how easy and fluid it all went, sure, I was chasing a few points and a litre here and there but I can probably put that down to not paying attention to detail...
today that all changed.
Given the long weekend and the extra time I did what any Auzzie worth his salt would do.... so when I ran it through today I slowed the fly sparge even further to 45mins - ish to final run out to the kettle, which was almost at boil by the time the fly had finished 10 mins ish from final runnings to having a boil on... timing is everything there. ha..
The refractomer told me I was at 1010 but the time I ran the last litre went into the kettle I got a better efficiency than I have ever done previously at 77% according to Brewmate.. overall Im pretty fking happy..
for the 3 brews I used the same malt bill but the hop recipe varied wildly with A. what I had in the freezer (devoid of everything I'd noramlly have on hand): B. what smelled good together : C. the most cursory research and D. a small portion of I didnt give a shit but was interested to see the outcome and also I needed to test the equipment
It all went so smooth and fk me dead recirc is a snap...
:icon_drool2:
I got 3 of these in the shed
this in the fridge
and Im a pretty happy camper :lol:
Hope your Easter Long Weekend went as well..
I even survived giving SWMBO a driving lesson