BIAB "Woodshed Pale Ale" Brewday *photo heavy!

[puravida]

I love seeing pictures of other's brewdays so thought I'd post some of mine today.
I have very little brew specific equipment apart from the fermenters and a few other pieces so my brewday method revolves around using my regular kitchen stuff. Still - I got a good looking 19L batch out today in a little over 2hrs. (with my 2 and 4 year olds running all over the place!)

Any suggestions on how to make the brewday better very gratefully received!!
I'm still learning and need all the help I can get! I'm sure I'm making a ton of schoolboy errors still but I'm one of those blokes that learns best by doing things rather than reading about them!

I've ordered a 33L pot so hopefully my next brewday I'll be boiling my full volume.

So here's my recipe:

2.2kg Warminster Floor-Malted Organic Maris Otter
1kg Light Spray DME

20g Columbus 17.9% @ 60 mins
10g Cascade 5.5% @ 30 mins
10g Centennial 12.3% @ 5 mins
12g Ahtanum 4.1% @ flame out
8g Cascade 5.5% @ flame out

15 mins - 1/2 tsp irish moss

yeast Safale US-05

41.9 IBU
OG 1046
Target FG 1012

I may dry hop but not yet decided!
I plan to leave in the primary for about 10 days then move direct to a keg to condition.

start off boiling approx 10L of water in my 13L stock pot

checking strike temp with the trusty Thermapen.
(I use it calibrated in F rather than C as it get's used mainly for BBQ where I know my temps in F!!)

grain measured into the bag and all the other bits and pieces out and to hand

Grain is dunked. It has a draw string top but I use a clip-it thing too as an added precaution.

Get the timer going

Quick break to sit back, relax and enjoy a homebrew :thumb:

temp after about 45 mins has dropped so I fired up the burners for 30 seconds to bring it up 5 degrees.

Grain bag is pulled out and set in a colander in a second big pan ready to sparge

Bringing sparge water to temp

sparging into a second pan - I ran about 4L though in total

First hop addition going in at the start of the boil

Colour getting much darker after several hop additions and the light DME going in.

Last two hop additions weighed out and ready to rock and roll.

Sink filled with cold water and ice blocks ready for the end of boil

final hop addition - I love that heady smell!!!!!!

Wort cooling in the sink

Wort in the FV and topped up with tap water to the full 19L

Checking the FG - pretty much there or thereabouts.

 

[kev]

Looks awesome. Thanks for the pics. I'm fed up reading "recipes" when I click on brew days.

Where do you get your hops from?

K

 

[puravida]

Thanks!! :thumb:

This last batch was from The Homebrew Company - clicked on the link above to support the forum sponsors.
Ordered the malt from them. Great service and have heard The Malt Miller is terrific too so I will use them next time just to spread the love

 

[jimp2003]

Nice simple set up you have there - just as BIAB should be. Nice combination of hops as well should be a cracker in time.

Cheers!

Jim

 

[puravida]

Thanks Jim!!

 

[abeyptfc]

nice brew, hope it turns out well.does your boiling pan have a tap/hop filter fitted? ive brewed a few extract brews but always put my hops in a muslin bag.

 

[The Goatreich]

Really interesting! I'm desperate to do an all grain brew, or at least watch one being done, but this BIAB method seems like the perfect inbetween step until I can afford to buy the AG kit.

 

[broadfordbrewer]

Brilliant! your post would be helpful for anyone wanting to see a BIAB brew step by step... you can't have too many pics!