Counting down to AG#1

[Dr Mike]

All my AG equipment is now here and all being well, I should be getting AG#1 on tomorrow. Planning to do a Landlord clone (loosely) based on GW's recipe.

Just need to replace the tap on my Buffalo first, do some testing and volume calibration and I should be good to go !

 

[pittsy]

excellent ! good luck with it , are you ok with all the details etc , mash times , temps , boil , etc ? :party:

 

[Baz Chaz]

Good luck for tomorrow, take your time and make sure you've an 'idiot sheet' to follow, just to make sure you don't forget anything :whistle: Last brew I remembered, just in time, to put my strainer in the boiler before putting the wort in to boil, it's easy done

I've done the Landlord recipe from the GW book, very nice too :

 

[Dr Mike]

Aiming to mash on the warm side (67-68) for an hour as there is no crystal in the recipe and don't want it too thin. Will boil for 90mins and ferment with S-04 at 18 (I've got a fermentation fridge built).

That's the plan anyway. Let's see what happens in practice !

 

[Dieseljockey]

Here's to tomorrow for you Dr.....take your time, think about what your doing, it'll all work out fine.....ohhh yes don't forget the piccies or we send the boys round...

 

[Dr Mike]

Thanks for the messages of support :

Did a dry run this afternoon to step through the process just using water, although given the amount of water on the floor, "wet run" would be more appropriate ! (no leaks, just water coming out of hoses after disconecting etc).

Just a couple of hopefully minor issues.

My rotating sparge arm wouldn't rotate, probably because I couldn't raise the HLT high enough to get a decent head of liquid over it. I think I'll still go with it as it seems to do a reasaoble job of distributing the liquor even when stationary (if I keep an inch or so of liquid on top of the grain bed would this be OK ?)

None of my tubing (despite having three sizes!) fits the outlet on the mash tun so I guess I'll have to put up with some aeration when running off.

 

[Eric_S]

Crikey - sounds like you have quite a set up already!

During a brewday I find water, wort, hops, grain dust etc gets everywhere! The towels I use to insulate the mash tun end up on the floor to catch the inevitable drips, spills and leaks!

Besides...it wouldn't be fun without a little bit of mess!

As an only slightly more experienced newbie - I've found the overnight mash helps massively in the process - it gives you time to be more organised the following day as you only have to sparge, boil and cool which saves quite a bit of time and reduces the pressure somewhat. Also, whilst you are heating the water for the mash you can get the other bits of kit ready (I use the time to get the FV and related bits sterilizing, prep my yeast starter if used, campden the remaining water, ) so the next day you can focus on the fun elements and (alas) only the clean up afterwards.

 

[joe1002]

Good luck for tomorrow, take our time and enjoy. :thumb: