Fu ManBru
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So about a week ago I tried my first partial on brew day.
The following process was gleaned from this forum and the internet in general.
Given I'm new to this process I would appreciate any feedback, hints etc to make it better next time around.
1. I kicked off by heating 5.5L of water up to 74C. I read a bit about water to grain ratios and thought this was about right. Keen to hear peoples thoughts on this? 2.1 kilo of grain was used.
2. Put a bag in the pot and added the grain - mash temp was 68C
3. I found if I flipped the lid of my Big W 19L pot it would just fit in the oven.
4. So in the oven for an hour
5. After 60 mins I took out of oven and pulled bag from pot, sat in colander and sparged.
not too happy about this stage as colander was too small and I'm thinking of a 2 bucket launter as described in Lord Raja Goomba's excellent post.
6. Anyways, sparged with 9L of 76C water
7. I ended up with 13 L of wort which I brought to a boil.
8. 45 mins into the boil I added the LME tin then hops according to recipe.
9. After 60 mins I put the pot in the baby bath (minus the baby) with ice.
10. Once cooled to 25c I poured wort in fermenter and noticed this.....
bugger, reckon it was the LME? Should I put it in later or take of the heat while I mix in?
11. I topped up fermenter with filtered water and pitched the yeast (at 22C).
And there it is until bottling day.
Overall, I was pretty happy how it went and was lucky to have my bro-in-law helping. Keen to keep going with the partials, the tastings out of primary have been really good and no hint of a burnt taste luckily.
Cheers
The following process was gleaned from this forum and the internet in general.
Given I'm new to this process I would appreciate any feedback, hints etc to make it better next time around.
1. I kicked off by heating 5.5L of water up to 74C. I read a bit about water to grain ratios and thought this was about right. Keen to hear peoples thoughts on this? 2.1 kilo of grain was used.
2. Put a bag in the pot and added the grain - mash temp was 68C
3. I found if I flipped the lid of my Big W 19L pot it would just fit in the oven.
4. So in the oven for an hour
5. After 60 mins I took out of oven and pulled bag from pot, sat in colander and sparged.
not too happy about this stage as colander was too small and I'm thinking of a 2 bucket launter as described in Lord Raja Goomba's excellent post.
6. Anyways, sparged with 9L of 76C water
7. I ended up with 13 L of wort which I brought to a boil.
8. 45 mins into the boil I added the LME tin then hops according to recipe.
9. After 60 mins I put the pot in the baby bath (minus the baby) with ice.
10. Once cooled to 25c I poured wort in fermenter and noticed this.....
bugger, reckon it was the LME? Should I put it in later or take of the heat while I mix in?
11. I topped up fermenter with filtered water and pitched the yeast (at 22C).
And there it is until bottling day.
Overall, I was pretty happy how it went and was lucky to have my bro-in-law helping. Keen to keep going with the partials, the tastings out of primary have been really good and no hint of a burnt taste luckily.
Cheers