Move To Ag

[Jazman]

ok tangent and joel here is the deal im about to upgrade my kettle to a 60 litre ali jobby and i will have for sale in a few weeks a 45 litre old barrel type keg kettle a legal one ,,,,it also has s/s ball valves ect and i have welded handles on it so if your instrested pm me or maybe u good get a bulk buy of ali pots from a place in sa were i get mine from cheaper than most places

 

[Aaron]

Secondly, I think the spartan simplicity and rustic charm of my primitive all grain set up was probably the most appealing factor. If you can brew anything like half decent beer on a simple system like mine, it shows that all grain doesn't have to be rocket science.

Tangent, I would suggest you try and see a few systems in practice before making life altering decisions. You are more than welcome back round to my next brew day, for a start.

You need to drop by my place this saturday for the double brew day. My system will certainly rival Stu's for "rustic charm".

 

[tangent]

if, by rustic charm, you mean tight areseness, yes, that is a very appealing factor. But only after tasting the Ale Stu, that's what had me sold. I can't wait to try other AG brews
Aaron, will you have samples available?

 

[Aaron]

if, by rustic charm, you mean tight areseness, yes, that is a very appealing factor. But only after tasting the Ale Stu, that's what had me sold. I can't wait to try other AG brews
Aaron, will you have samples available?

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Certainly. One can't invite people around for a brew day without having beer to offer. One is offended that anyone would even suggest we wouldn't be anything other than the perfect host.

 

[wee stu]

if, by rustic charm, you mean tight areseness, yes, that is a very appealing factor. But only after tasting the Ale Stu, that's what had me sold. I can't wait to try other AG brews
Aaron, will you have samples available?

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Certainly. One can't invite people around for a brew day without having beer to offer. One is offended that anyone would even suggest we wouldn't be anything other than the perfect host.

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Just wondering how it's going Aaron?

By my reckoning, what with the 6am start and all , the first brew should be pretty much ready for the fermenter.

Hope all is going well.

 

[tangent]

i should be finished work by 3:30pm
mite give you a ring then Aaron.

 

[Aaron]

Well I mashed in the first brew at 0800. Had to do some cleaning and have some breakfast before I started. First batch, the kolsch is in the kettle and about half way through the boil. The second match the alt has just mashed in. All going well so far.

 

[Mr Bond]

I too,will be making the move to A.G this week.

It will only be a 2.5 kg grain bill with a total volume in fermenter of 11.5 litres
Mash in pot, batch sparge with a bucket in bucket system, cool in a tub of ice water and fermented in a mini fermenter.
Just to be quirky i decided to go organic and have got myself some Powells organic pilsener grain and some organic N.Z Hallertau pellets.Pitching with Fermentis U.S56, so i guess it will be a blonde ale of sorts.
I figure it may only be small scale but it is at least a positive step 2wards A.G,ing and will be a good way to learn/experiment while collecting the hardware to start doing larger scale stuff.

Cheers Brau(wannabe A.G)luver.

P.S I might call it the blonde virgin