Luke Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Hi All, Finally did my 1st AG batch last w/end! 8) American Pale Ale. Tapped my esky for the mash tun & used a braided toilet hose as the filter. I got a cheap 30L stock pot off the net and it fits perfectly on the BBQ to do the boil/heat the mash & sparge water! Made a copper immersion chiller which cooled the wort in about 20 mins. Recipe was: 4kg Joe White ale malt 1/2 kg pale crystal Hops were: 20g Northern Brewer 35g Amarillo (spread over 3 additions) 2 sachets Coopers yeast (re-hydrated) Fermenting at 20deg. SG 1.046 IBU ~ 35 Keep you posted! Cheers, Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 Kegged this on Sunday night with 140g sugar added straight to the keg. FG was 1.008. Tasted ok out of the test tube, not fantastic, but for first AG effort pretty pleased. Cheers, Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Good one Luke 8) How did your immersion chiller perform? My preferred method is "no-chill" - whack it in a cube and leave it 'til ready to ferment - never more than 2 weeks in cube :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 Hi Paul, The bloke at Tradelink looked at me like I was a Martian when I told him what the 9 metres of copper pipe was for! :lol: It goes really good. It only took an hour to build. I thought I would use more water than what I did, but I put the runoff in the kiddy pool and use it to water the plants later. How do I post a photo? Cheers, Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I found that my immersion chiller worked well until the warmer weather caused the tap water to lose its chilled edge. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 I'll have to take the temp of the tap water in winter & summer to see what the difference is here. Might have to build another chiller to sit in a bucket of ice water before the kettle! 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 Tapped this keg on the weekend, and almost fell off my chair with how good this beer is! 8) Doesn't mean I'll stop extract brewing, cause the all grain takes pretty much a whole day. Cheers, Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTY MATT Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 on ya luke! i might have a shot at it one day......................maybe when i retire. :D matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I have my mash brews down to about 4hrs, providing everything runs smoothly. No-chill cuts the time down dramatically. :wink: Then it's just a matter of transferring the wort, adjusting the OG and pitching the yeast at one's convenience. 8) Keep in mind, though, all-grain brewing can be wonderful and disasterous - speaking from experience :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Did a brown ale on the weekend and had a stuck sparge! :oops: (the first runnings was almost nothing, got it out eventually, then my sparge ran as normal) I think my mash was way too thick. Any tips Paul on how to avoid this? Rice hulls? Cheers, Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I would need to see your setup to give any meaningful advice. Some things that come to mind: setting of your grain mill is too fine, sparge water not hot enough?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Thanks Paul, I get my grain orders crushed by Grain & Grape, maybe their setting was out? My water to grain ratio was 2.5lt/kg. Anyway, I'll probably catch up with you at the Melbourne club night... 8) Cheers, Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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