Superdiscobreakin
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Hi
First solo AG brew last night. TT landlord clone from Graham Wheeler.
Had a great time but got so involved I forgot to take any photos.
Couple of questions:
I was brewingto 19L so had 8.2L for the mash and 18.7L (26.9L - 8.2L) to sparge into the brew pot as per the recipe. However, I appear to have come away with circa 16L. My MT is a homemade bucket in a bucket that when filled with the 8.2L didn't appear to have enough water above the false bottom to accomodate the grain. I therefore added more from my remaining 18.7L on the basis the same amount of water would be used overall. Have I made a fundamental error here in that grain absorbtion would account for the 3L difference? I was caught off guard with this so didn't measure exactly how much extra water was added.
Was aiming for OG 1042 at 19L, but hit 1050 at 16L.
Had a taste and tasted good.
MT only had 2 degrees loss over 90 mins so happy with that.
Used Safale 04 pitached at midnight, and bubbles are through the airlock every two mins or so at present which i think is pretty good.
Generally happy, learnt alot about my set up and where can improve and be more efficient, and that I need a calibration tool to ensure I have enough water!
Cheers guys, any advice, recommedations, gratefully received.
First solo AG brew last night. TT landlord clone from Graham Wheeler.
Had a great time but got so involved I forgot to take any photos.
Couple of questions:
I was brewingto 19L so had 8.2L for the mash and 18.7L (26.9L - 8.2L) to sparge into the brew pot as per the recipe. However, I appear to have come away with circa 16L. My MT is a homemade bucket in a bucket that when filled with the 8.2L didn't appear to have enough water above the false bottom to accomodate the grain. I therefore added more from my remaining 18.7L on the basis the same amount of water would be used overall. Have I made a fundamental error here in that grain absorbtion would account for the 3L difference? I was caught off guard with this so didn't measure exactly how much extra water was added.
Was aiming for OG 1042 at 19L, but hit 1050 at 16L.
Had a taste and tasted good.
MT only had 2 degrees loss over 90 mins so happy with that.
Used Safale 04 pitached at midnight, and bubbles are through the airlock every two mins or so at present which i think is pretty good.
Generally happy, learnt alot about my set up and where can improve and be more efficient, and that I need a calibration tool to ensure I have enough water!
Cheers guys, any advice, recommedations, gratefully received.