tommos76
Well-Known Member
I'm a novice to the brewing scene and after making a couple of brews using the grain father and spending countless hours looking at you tube and various Brewing websites I've come up with my interpretation of a process from brew day to serving the beer. I need some advice as to whether I'm on the right path or way off the mark.
So below is how I perceive it .
Make a yeast starter and harvest 500ml of yeast 3 days prior to brewing from a total of 1.5l
Sanitation of equipment
Water treatment with correct mash starting ph (5.4)
Add Camden tablets to remove chlorine
Mash
Mash out
Take refractor reading
Sparge
Boil
Add hops when required by recipe
Protofloc 15 mins before end
Cool wort
Transfer to fermentation with inline filter
Airate wort with paddle or drill wand
Take refractor reading for og
Add yeast starter and seal fermenter
Place at correct temperature
Add dry hops
When fermentation is finished take refractor reading for fg
Leave in fv for approximately 2 weeks after complete
Kegging
Clean keg and sanitise
Open lid carefully and add carbonation solution.
Replace lid
Purge with co2
Connect ball valve fv to beer quick connect with inline filter.
Insert carbonation cap on top of fv connected to co2
Connect gas quick disconnect to keg with tubing into a jug filled with star San
Open fv ball valve and turn gas on to approximately 2psi
When beer starts to come out of gas disconnect, turn off gas and ball valve.
Connect gas to keg quick disconnect and purge around 5 times to remove any oxygen.
Connect spunding valve To gas disconnect and set correct psi
Keep keg at 18 degrees to carbonate for approximately 3 weeks.
Cold crash for 24 hours then move keg to serve at correct temperature discarding first pint.
Martin
So below is how I perceive it .
Make a yeast starter and harvest 500ml of yeast 3 days prior to brewing from a total of 1.5l
Sanitation of equipment
Water treatment with correct mash starting ph (5.4)
Add Camden tablets to remove chlorine
Mash
Mash out
Take refractor reading
Sparge
Boil
Add hops when required by recipe
Protofloc 15 mins before end
Cool wort
Transfer to fermentation with inline filter
Airate wort with paddle or drill wand
Take refractor reading for og
Add yeast starter and seal fermenter
Place at correct temperature
Add dry hops
When fermentation is finished take refractor reading for fg
Leave in fv for approximately 2 weeks after complete
Kegging
Clean keg and sanitise
Open lid carefully and add carbonation solution.
Replace lid
Purge with co2
Connect ball valve fv to beer quick connect with inline filter.
Insert carbonation cap on top of fv connected to co2
Connect gas quick disconnect to keg with tubing into a jug filled with star San
Open fv ball valve and turn gas on to approximately 2psi
When beer starts to come out of gas disconnect, turn off gas and ball valve.
Connect gas to keg quick disconnect and purge around 5 times to remove any oxygen.
Connect spunding valve To gas disconnect and set correct psi
Keep keg at 18 degrees to carbonate for approximately 3 weeks.
Cold crash for 24 hours then move keg to serve at correct temperature discarding first pint.
Martin