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Date: 04 Dec 2006 09:28:30
From: Scott P
Subject: First AG Batch is fermenting away!
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Hello,
On Sunday I brewed my first all grain batch - all of your advice and
comments were appreciated and very helpful!
My 70-quart mashtun worked like a charm - the half-inch diameter
copper slotted manifold and drain worked great, delivering a bit of
husk material for the first 2 or 3 seconds of running (which was
returned to the tun), then running clean and free of debris. I batch
sparged and was impressed with how quickly the cooler drained...it was
fast, like a marsupial! I didn't precisely time how long the tun
took to drain, but my guess is that I collected enough wort for a 10
gallon batch in about than 10 to 15 minutes.
The moment of truth came when the first runnings flowed from the golden
grain bed - I tasted the liquor and it was sweet - that really is
sweet success!
Here's a link to information about my mashtun:
http://almostalwaysright.blogspot.com/2006/11/70-quart-mash-tun.html
After boiling and cooling the hydrometer read 1.040 at 60 F. I'm a
little skeptical of this reading and wish I'd double checked this
number with my second hydrometer. Based on this result, Beersmith (the
brewing software package) indicated that my Brewhouse Efficiency was
90.6%. This just seems too high. Any thoughts? By the way, the
fermentables in the 10.5 gallons of boiled wort included 11 pounds of
pale 2-row malt and 1 pound of grits.
In comparing the time needed for extract and partial mash against
all-grain, it really didn't take that much more time. It only added
maybe 1.75 hours to my brew day, and 90 minutes of that was spent
drinking homebrew while watching a movie by the fireplace. That's
the type of extra work I like! Cleanup was a breeze; the mashtun
features a removable manifold, so removing grain bits from the nooks
and crannies was easy.
Cheers!
Scott P.
Brewing in Boise, Idaho
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Date: 04 Dec 2006 18:20:20
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: First AG Batch is fermenting away!
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On 4 Dec 2006 09:28:30 -0800, <scottphillips1@hotmail.com > wrote:
> After boiling and cooling the hydrometer read 1.040 at 60 F. I'm a
> little skeptical of this reading and wish I'd double checked this
> number with my second hydrometer. Based on this result, Beersmith (the
> brewing software package) indicated that my Brewhouse Efficiency was
> 90.6%. This just seems too high. Any thoughts? By the way, the
> fermentables in the 10.5 gallons of boiled wort included 11 pounds of
> pale 2-row malt and 1 pound of grits.
That does sound awfully high. Any small measurement errors in either the
SG or the volume will throw off your efficiency calculation.
John.
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Date: 04 Dec 2006 12:47:03
From: Scott P
Subject: Re: First AG Batch is fermenting away!
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One thing that was interesting is that I wasted very little wort
following the sparge...there was maybe 8 ounces of fluid left in the
mashtun (aside that held by the grain) when I cleaned it and I
evaporated at least 2.5 and maybe as much as 3 gallons of fluid during
a very vigorous 75 minute boil.
On Dec 4, 11:20 am, John 'Shaggy' Kolesar <s...@shagg.net > wrote:
> On 4 Dec 2006 09:28:30 -0800, <scottphilli...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > After boiling and cooling the hydrometer read 1.040 at 60 F. I'm a
> > little skeptical of this reading and wish I'd double checked this
> > number with my second hydrometer. Based on this result, Beersmith (the
> > brewing software package) indicated that my Brewhouse Efficiency was
> > 90.6%. This just seems too high. Any thoughts? By the way, the
> > fermentables in the 10.5 gallons of boiled wort included 11 pounds of
> > pale 2-row malt and 1 pound of grits.That does sound awfully high. Any small measurement errors in either the
> SG or the volume will throw off your efficiency calculation.
>
> John.
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