Well for my 3rd brew I was going to stick with kits, then found this thread and couldn't resist a go at All Grain.
Yesterday was the day, target 10 ltr batch so doubled everything from original post.
2Kg Extra pale Munston Maris Otter crushed Malt, 2x 10g EKG hops, 1 sachet Muntons Premium Gold yeast.
Used grain bag & 2 muslin bags for hops, 1 at 60mins other at 5 mins. Also added half Protofloc tablet at 45mins.
All went well & ended up with 10 ltrs with SG between 1040-45.
Took 6 hours + another hour to clean the kitchen!
I started cooling it in sink of cold water & ice but found this was only cooling the bottom half, surprised how hot the top half stayed, didn't want to stir it as when I looked inside, looked like a pot of storm clouds thought they would get caught when i strained into fermenting bin, but in fact pretty much everything went through the muslin into the fermenting bin.
Should more of these 'clouds' been filtered out, do I need to use something else to filter into fermenting bin?
Should I remove the bags of hops at the end of the boil, or leave in while I cool it?
I ended up using 2 big builders buckets with cold water moving pot between the 2 to cool the whole pot.
Great fun day, loved the whole process, so now going to wait 10-12 days then bottle it.
It's fermenting away, although airlock not bubbling, think my grommet is leaking where I put new hole in lid for fish tank heater.
I'm hooked
Yesterday was the day, target 10 ltr batch so doubled everything from original post.
2Kg Extra pale Munston Maris Otter crushed Malt, 2x 10g EKG hops, 1 sachet Muntons Premium Gold yeast.
Used grain bag & 2 muslin bags for hops, 1 at 60mins other at 5 mins. Also added half Protofloc tablet at 45mins.
All went well & ended up with 10 ltrs with SG between 1040-45.
Took 6 hours + another hour to clean the kitchen!
I started cooling it in sink of cold water & ice but found this was only cooling the bottom half, surprised how hot the top half stayed, didn't want to stir it as when I looked inside, looked like a pot of storm clouds thought they would get caught when i strained into fermenting bin, but in fact pretty much everything went through the muslin into the fermenting bin.
Should more of these 'clouds' been filtered out, do I need to use something else to filter into fermenting bin?
Should I remove the bags of hops at the end of the boil, or leave in while I cool it?
I ended up using 2 big builders buckets with cold water moving pot between the 2 to cool the whole pot.
Great fun day, loved the whole process, so now going to wait 10-12 days then bottle it.
It's fermenting away, although airlock not bubbling, think my grommet is leaking where I put new hole in lid for fish tank heater.
I'm hooked