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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 4/13/14 at 4:29 pm to LoneStarTiger
Posted on 4/13/14 at 4:29 pm to LoneStarTiger
want to know how easy brewing is?
despite having to dump my mash tun TWICE into a big bucket, make a make-shift false bottom, then going forward with the draining and sparging, I still ended up with 9 gallons of wort at 1.045. Target was 9 gallons at 1.043
despite having to dump my mash tun TWICE into a big bucket, make a make-shift false bottom, then going forward with the draining and sparging, I still ended up with 9 gallons of wort at 1.045. Target was 9 gallons at 1.043
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Posted on 4/13/14 at 6:18 pm to LoneStarTiger
A summary of the days events:
Adventures in Homebrewing
Today is the first all grain batch I've made. I knew it would be a learning experience, but I had no idea just how much.
I heated the strike water to 168, just like Beersmith said. Added it to the mash tun, then stirred in the grain. Set my timer, and waited.
With about 10 minutes left I started heating the sparge water. When my timer went off(60 minute mash), my sparge water was just about right. I then realized that it might be a little too soon because I still needed to drain the wort. I opened the drain valve on my homemade mash tun.
Nothing. Not one drop.
I grabbed the end of the drain hose and blew into it. Bubbles came up. That's good, right? nothing drained still. I stirred. I added sparge water. Nothing.
I dumped the entire mash into my 7 gallon fermenting bucket. I pulled out the false bottom, made sure it wasn't gummed up. Something didn't look right in the nipple. put everything back together. Dumped the mash back in. Stirred. Opened the drain.
Nothing.
hit it with the air compressor.
Nothing.
Dumped everything a second time. Pulled out the false bottom. Found a steel braid hose I bought for something lying around. cut off the connections on the ends, pulled out the rubber hose inside the braid, and made a new false bottom.
We have flow!
let the wort drain out, (I did remember to recirculate some to avoid the grain getting into the kettle) and started taking apart the non-working false bottom. As I looked inside it, I noticed that where a hole should be in the 90, there was only a small crack. The hole had not been drilled out completely!
I will back up here a bit to say that B was trying to help me through this, and he asked "You did check the tun with water before using it, right?" to which I replied just to make sure there were no leaks. never checked the false bottom.
I drilled out the 90 degree nipple, re-installed it after completing the sparge with the remaining water I needed, hooked everything back up, and we have flow!
Meanwhile, I manged to get a little over 9 gallons of wort at a gravity of 1.045. Target was 9 gallons at 1.043.
Proceeded with the boil as usual, and at 60 minutes, the OG is 1.057. Target was 1.056.
Money
I think it is safe to say I wont forget my first time with all-grain for a very long time.
Adventures in Homebrewing
Today is the first all grain batch I've made. I knew it would be a learning experience, but I had no idea just how much.
I heated the strike water to 168, just like Beersmith said. Added it to the mash tun, then stirred in the grain. Set my timer, and waited.
With about 10 minutes left I started heating the sparge water. When my timer went off(60 minute mash), my sparge water was just about right. I then realized that it might be a little too soon because I still needed to drain the wort. I opened the drain valve on my homemade mash tun.
Nothing. Not one drop.
I grabbed the end of the drain hose and blew into it. Bubbles came up. That's good, right? nothing drained still. I stirred. I added sparge water. Nothing.
I dumped the entire mash into my 7 gallon fermenting bucket. I pulled out the false bottom, made sure it wasn't gummed up. Something didn't look right in the nipple. put everything back together. Dumped the mash back in. Stirred. Opened the drain.
Nothing.
hit it with the air compressor.
Nothing.
Dumped everything a second time. Pulled out the false bottom. Found a steel braid hose I bought for something lying around. cut off the connections on the ends, pulled out the rubber hose inside the braid, and made a new false bottom.
We have flow!
let the wort drain out, (I did remember to recirculate some to avoid the grain getting into the kettle) and started taking apart the non-working false bottom. As I looked inside it, I noticed that where a hole should be in the 90, there was only a small crack. The hole had not been drilled out completely!
I will back up here a bit to say that B was trying to help me through this, and he asked "You did check the tun with water before using it, right?" to which I replied just to make sure there were no leaks. never checked the false bottom.
I drilled out the 90 degree nipple, re-installed it after completing the sparge with the remaining water I needed, hooked everything back up, and we have flow!
Meanwhile, I manged to get a little over 9 gallons of wort at a gravity of 1.045. Target was 9 gallons at 1.043.
Proceeded with the boil as usual, and at 60 minutes, the OG is 1.057. Target was 1.056.
Money
I think it is safe to say I wont forget my first time with all-grain for a very long time.
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