Double Brewday

[phettebs]

My mate Matt (nice alliteration there) came over today to brew using my gear. This was his second and third AG beers. We did a California Common and an Oatmeal stout. Started at around 8:30am and finished up around 4:00pm. There was lunch and a few beers in there so we probably could have pulled the time in a bit. Was an awesome day though. Only cockup was a frozen chiller line which I fixed via hacksaw. ;-)

Pics of our epic day. Apologies for the number. We had a LONG day!!!

Weighing out the grain for the steam beer:

Grains done:

Lighting up Matt's new burner for the strike water

Loading up to crush

Crushing

Crushed

Filling the mash tun with strike water

Doughing in the grain

Matt's stirring it all in

90 minutes later we vorlauf

Carefully putting the recirculated wort back into the tun

Draining into the brew kettle

Adding sparge water

Boiling the steam beer and heating strike water for the stout

Stout grain bill with flaked oats on top

Stirring up the oatmeal stout mash

Still stirring

Chilling the steam beer

Nice clear wort

Pitching a starter of 2112 into the steam beer

First runnings of the stout

Matt dumping the spent grains of the stout for the deer

Reward time

Happy Matt

Happy Baz

Chilling the stout

I get extra chill power from the weather

Matt, chilling with a cider

Whirlpooling the stout

Motor oil

Pitching rehydrated S04

A job well done

Jim,
Here's Bella, growling at the deer in the field behind us

-Baz

 

[mickeyt69]

Top quality post as always mate thanks for the recipes earlier. Hope you can make the forum bash.

 

[leedsbrew]

nice one baz! cracking looking day!

 

[Good Ed]

Brilliant Baz; love the steam; enjoy your night, what's the Guinness like? : :drink:

 

[keith1664]

looks like a good day, think the missus would kill me if I did 2 in a day!

 

[evanvine]

Good set of pix Baz, hope the brews come to fruition.
Where did you hide the pic of Bella?

 

[phettebs]

Where did you hide the pic of Bella?

Added her in to the mix of pix at the end

 

[Sean_Mc]

Looks like you both had a really good day :thumb:

The only person I've had brew day with me was my Father inlaw and he just tutted about the state I keep my tools in

 

[Baz Chaz]

Nice one buddy :thumb: a dog with eyes that light up scary :lol:

 

[gurtpint]

Seems like it was a cracking day! What recipe did you have for the oatmeal stout?

 

[mhorner]

I found the Oatmeal Stout from NorthernBrewer's website here. We altered that recipe a bit however tweaking the hop additions, 1 oz of Target at 60 minutes and .5 oz of Kent Goldings at 0.

I am prepping for bottling the stout tomorrow morning. I am hoping that comes out alright as I had a little mix up when I stored the two brews. I accidentally stored the stout at about 55 degrees (F) instead of the common. My gravity is at 1.012 tonight. Should be good tho.

 

[Wendy1971]

Looks great Baz and Matt excellent pics :

 

[Mark1964]

Looks like a good day Baz beer looks good too :thumb: :thumb:

 

[Tony]

Truly outstanding post ph!

Fantasti pics and what scenery!

I'm planning on doing an oatmeal stout next weekend (if the yeast arrives in time), what was your recipe? I'll post mine a bit later.

 

[rickthebrew]

Hey Baz - missed this post but glad I caught it Great looking brewday - what is the beer in the reward drink? Great glasses is it something belgium like? or something scottish :hmm:

:drink:

 

[Vossy1]

Great brew day post and pics Baz & Matt :thumb:
Is the stout in the bottle now ?

 

[Good Ed]

Hope there's some left after celebrating the Packers victory last night :drink: :drink:

 

[Muddy Funker]

Great looking brewday and post. Thanks for sharing!! :