Thanks everyone for coming along and making it a great day, it's good to see some new faces as well as old ones the Perth craftbrewing community is really growing. Sorry I didn't really get a chance to talk much to everyone but although it didn't look like it at times I did enjoy myself. It was a journey into the unknown as my previous biggest batch size has been 60L.
Many thanks to all who helped out here and there throughout the day especially GL, sorry I forgot to feed everyone thanks to BigAl & Asher for cooking (I thought it was you at the bbq)
OOPs forgot one MANY MANY Thanks to Megan my partner for all her efforts in helping to get this thing off the ground and indulging me in my hobby!
To those who didn't take wort home I forgot to pass out the small yeast samples. I still have a 10L starter in the fridge which I will rack off tomorrow and split into some containers to bring along to WCB on Monday night as well as the small 1st generation samples in the tubes.
The 1st kettles gravity (my coke can one) was 1.048 I think the last fermenter filled out of that kettle was Randyrobs.
The 2nd kettle (Vlads MOABK) came out above 1.050 (Vlad can you please check and report back).
The target gravity for the beer was 1.044 so both can be diluted down if you would like. I will post the recipe and brew session information some time soon.
Please search the Timothy Taylor yeast thread from post #121
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...161&st=120#
for info on fermenting the yeast, at the moment we are just learning how to use it. It is flocculent and chunky as you saw so may need a bit of a rouse but also throws a pretty dense and thick head and seems to work well around the 19-20C mark.
Cleanup is almost done, kettles cleaned and everything in napisan to soak. Interesting to note that I poured about 8L of hop spooge and trub out of Vlads MOABK, being the son of a Yorkshire man and waste not want not I poured this into a sanitised bucket and added a kettleful of boiling water, I will drain htis off tomorrow. Conversley the coke can kettle with diverter plate had less than half that amount and the hop debris had much less wort left in it. Thanks to Sinkas and Chillamacgilla for taking the spent grain home for the garden/chooks that was one thing less to deal with.
Good night and Good Luck
I am Knackered!
PS Asparagus special hop backs may soon be available from No Idea brewing stay tuned!
PS2 Lost property will be brought to the WCB meeting on Monday night, so far I have Ashers daypack, a chair in a bag, a pair of metal frame sunnies and will add to the list whatever I find tomorrow when its daylight.
