First Ag Brew

[BennyBrewster]

First AG brew today boys, wish me luck :unsure:

 

[Stuster]

No need for luck BB. Have a fun day.

What are you making?

 

[Ross]

First AG brew today boys, wish me luck :unsure:

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Welcome to the club BB :beer: Hope it goes smoothly for you...
look forward to hearing how it went...

Cheers Ross...

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Good Luck.


you wont look back...

That reminds me....better get the mill out , ready to crush some grains

Cara-Amber Ale set for today

 

[tangent]

it's just runny porridge Benny! go with the flow and don't get stressed.
good on you!
let us know how it goes.

 

[Jazzafish]

Great choice, you won't look back!

May the temperatures be hit and the sparges run freely!

All the best, let us know how it went

Cheers,
Jarrad

 

[johnno]

Its always a buzz doing your first AG.

It will only get better from here.

Hope it all went well BB.

johnno

 

[Jye]

First AG brew today boys, wish me luck :unsure:

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You really left us hanging BB... hope all went well and you are finished by now

 

[BennyBrewster]

All went ok, posting pictures now.

 

[BennyBrewster]

Ok so its all done and my wort is cooling in the fridge (no chiller method :blink: ). The brew was a simple pale ale with POR and Hallertauer.

The Day went fairly smoothly though I learnt that hot tap water and a 2 litre kettle will not cut it for getting the volume of hot water I need for my mash. Took me quite a few boiling jugs to bring my HLT water up to 75c. I also dont have a tap in my boiler and so have to syphon the wort out of it after the boil. This worked ok though I need to refine my syphon method a tad to get things going smoother. Ended up having to call in more hands in the form of my brother and mates to get my patented syphon contraption working.

Anyways I took some pics


Heres the grain and hops, the hops are in the little blue and red tubs all measured out ready to go

My Mash tun

Inside

Grain goes in

mmmm Smells so good

Extra hands needed to syphon! for now anyways

Cooling

I might look for better cubes as the second one has alot of head space in it.... dunno how that will effect the brew.

Benny

 

[Stuster]

If you are planning to pitch fairly soon, I'd guess the airspace won't be an issue.

An auto-syphon will solve all that mucking about with hoses full of water etc etc. Much easier. :super:

Looks like a fun day. The mash does smell so goooooooooooood.

 

[Kai]

Love the mash tun.