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Finally the Cherry popped!
After a couple of months of researce and building it has finally happened. Thanks to all who offered advise and to this Forum, without this help I would still be using Extract.
A few glitches, starting with a duff Digital Thermometer, it was working 2 days ago. the other glitch will be mentioned at a later stage.
Apologies for the mixture of Farenheit & Celcuis, had to improvise with a jam thermometer and a normal glass brewing one. One was °F the other °C.
Grain Bill
Hops
Grains doughed in @ 66°C. Finished @ 62°C after 1½ hours.
Sparge arm in place
First runnings - bad camera angle, cant see through the wort, will try harder next time :whistle:
Running clear
Nearly at the boil
Rolling Boil after adding first lot of Hops
Late Hops going in
Cooler at work - did what it said on the tin and cooled to 60°F
SG check - 1035° @ 60°F (Spot on target) Another bad camera angle :grin:
Hops & trub in bottom of boiler
Tucked up in fermentation cabinet
Pitched with S-04 straight from the packet.
First attempt to fit FV in fermentation cabinet failed, too big. I had checked it earlier, but had added a tap which fouled the door. Solution, use the secondary FV which was taller and thinner, but a smaller capacity. The wort was near the top of the FV, just hoping for a gentle ferment, fingures crossed.
Modification on the 'to do list' to make the primary FV to fit in the fridge cabinet ready for AG#2. :hmm:
The day went well, apart from the few problems which could be put down to teathing problems.
Met the target Mash temperature @ 66°C, mashed out at 62°C after 1½ hours with no extra insulation.
OG of 1035, spot on for recipe, after topping up volume up to 25 litres with pre-boiled water.
Roll on AG#2 a Dark Mild
After a couple of months of researce and building it has finally happened. Thanks to all who offered advise and to this Forum, without this help I would still be using Extract.
A few glitches, starting with a duff Digital Thermometer, it was working 2 days ago. the other glitch will be mentioned at a later stage.
Apologies for the mixture of Farenheit & Celcuis, had to improvise with a jam thermometer and a normal glass brewing one. One was °F the other °C.
Grain Bill
Hops
Grains doughed in @ 66°C. Finished @ 62°C after 1½ hours.
Sparge arm in place
First runnings - bad camera angle, cant see through the wort, will try harder next time :whistle:
Running clear
Nearly at the boil
Rolling Boil after adding first lot of Hops
Late Hops going in
Cooler at work - did what it said on the tin and cooled to 60°F
SG check - 1035° @ 60°F (Spot on target) Another bad camera angle :grin:
Hops & trub in bottom of boiler
Tucked up in fermentation cabinet
Pitched with S-04 straight from the packet.
First attempt to fit FV in fermentation cabinet failed, too big. I had checked it earlier, but had added a tap which fouled the door. Solution, use the secondary FV which was taller and thinner, but a smaller capacity. The wort was near the top of the FV, just hoping for a gentle ferment, fingures crossed.
Modification on the 'to do list' to make the primary FV to fit in the fridge cabinet ready for AG#2. :hmm:
The day went well, apart from the few problems which could be put down to teathing problems.
Met the target Mash temperature @ 66°C, mashed out at 62°C after 1½ hours with no extra insulation.
OG of 1035, spot on for recipe, after topping up volume up to 25 litres with pre-boiled water.
Roll on AG#2 a Dark Mild
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