Jazzafish
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Well yesterday was my first AG brew... and it went fairly well :beer:
I kinda put the recipe together myself without any style in mind, but I'm sure someone has done something like it before. Can anyone say what style it may turn out to be?
4Kg of JW Ale
500gm JW Crystal
200gm JW Wheat
I mashed at 64*C for one hour, at a ratio of 2.5 Litres per KG of grain. However my strike water was out so I had to add some boiling water, which was on stand by! I think I will start the mash differently next time. As I have a hand held element, I'll heat the strike water in the mash tun before I add the grain, rather than the HLT. Took a bit too long to transfer.
I was happy with the sparge, took it slow. The runnings were a dark/golden colour at first, but became clear at the end. I had to use more sparge water than I expected, picked a line in the keg I wanted to fill it up to. Lucky i had extra just in case.
The boil went very well, all to plan with hops and no boil overs...
14gm POR at 60min
14gm Cascade at 30mins
Half a tablet of Irish Moss at 20mins
14gm Cascade at 10mins
My immersion chiller had its first run too, cooled the wort to 26*C in around 20 mins! A worthy investment.
I emptied the wort into my fermenter willy wonka style... by waterfall. Found it aerates the wort well. Supprisingly I hit my target of 22L and popped it into my fermentation fridge and pitched the yeast starter I cultured from a Coopers Pale Ale. Pre yeast/post boil sg was 1040.
At this moment I looked at my watch... :blink: I start work in 30mins! I filled my bath with water, napisan and all the bits and pieces I hadn't cleaned to soak... I clean what I can during the boil... Rushed off to work!
I had a look this afternoon and the wort is starting to bubble away quite well with a strong krausen! :super:
Looking good thus far!
I kinda put the recipe together myself without any style in mind, but I'm sure someone has done something like it before. Can anyone say what style it may turn out to be?
4Kg of JW Ale
500gm JW Crystal
200gm JW Wheat
I mashed at 64*C for one hour, at a ratio of 2.5 Litres per KG of grain. However my strike water was out so I had to add some boiling water, which was on stand by! I think I will start the mash differently next time. As I have a hand held element, I'll heat the strike water in the mash tun before I add the grain, rather than the HLT. Took a bit too long to transfer.
I was happy with the sparge, took it slow. The runnings were a dark/golden colour at first, but became clear at the end. I had to use more sparge water than I expected, picked a line in the keg I wanted to fill it up to. Lucky i had extra just in case.
The boil went very well, all to plan with hops and no boil overs...
14gm POR at 60min
14gm Cascade at 30mins
Half a tablet of Irish Moss at 20mins
14gm Cascade at 10mins
My immersion chiller had its first run too, cooled the wort to 26*C in around 20 mins! A worthy investment.
I emptied the wort into my fermenter willy wonka style... by waterfall. Found it aerates the wort well. Supprisingly I hit my target of 22L and popped it into my fermentation fridge and pitched the yeast starter I cultured from a Coopers Pale Ale. Pre yeast/post boil sg was 1040.
At this moment I looked at my watch... :blink: I start work in 30mins! I filled my bath with water, napisan and all the bits and pieces I hadn't cleaned to soak... I clean what I can during the boil... Rushed off to work!
I had a look this afternoon and the wort is starting to bubble away quite well with a strong krausen! :super:
Looking good thus far!