tipsy_mcstagger
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Brewed my First AG Yesterday
Figured Id start with a really simple Hefeweizen;
2Kg JW Pale
2Kg JW Wheat
Mashed @ 67 for 120mins
15g Northern Brewer boiled 45mins
No Leaks so thats a big plus.
MT worked well however need to work on my strike temp. added water @77 but mash ended up @64, had to add some boiling water to get it up.
Dropped my digital thermometer in the mash, finally found it and surprisingly it still worked!
Sparge went well, the wort would fly out if I let it, finally realized you have to take it slow not to pull a heap of crud through.
The 4ring burner with a HP gauge got the boil going pretty strong, boiled off about 6L in 45 mins!!! Will have to slow that down in future!
Ended up with only 16L in the fermenter so had to top it up with tap water.
No Chiller so the fermenter is sitting in the fridge getting down to temps, pulled some wort out this morning to get the starter going. Using the Wyeast 3068.
All in all ended up 20L nice tasting sweet wort at 1.043 with 68% efficiency.
A hellofa lot easier than I thought
cant wait to try the first beer.
Figured Id start with a really simple Hefeweizen;
2Kg JW Pale
2Kg JW Wheat
Mashed @ 67 for 120mins
15g Northern Brewer boiled 45mins
No Leaks so thats a big plus.
MT worked well however need to work on my strike temp. added water @77 but mash ended up @64, had to add some boiling water to get it up.
Dropped my digital thermometer in the mash, finally found it and surprisingly it still worked!
Sparge went well, the wort would fly out if I let it, finally realized you have to take it slow not to pull a heap of crud through.
The 4ring burner with a HP gauge got the boil going pretty strong, boiled off about 6L in 45 mins!!! Will have to slow that down in future!
Ended up with only 16L in the fermenter so had to top it up with tap water.
No Chiller so the fermenter is sitting in the fridge getting down to temps, pulled some wort out this morning to get the starter going. Using the Wyeast 3068.
All in all ended up 20L nice tasting sweet wort at 1.043 with 68% efficiency.
A hellofa lot easier than I thought
cant wait to try the first beer.