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My first post, so hello to all in brew land. Saturday was my first all-grain brew. I kind of commited myself by doing a yeast starter Fri night. I woke up Saturday morning, having not yet made my keggle brew pot and igloo cooler MLT. Went to Home Deficiency and Dick's for my supplies. Started on equipment @ noon. Cut and welded the keg, and put together the MLT, all in 90+ degree heat and humidity. Started boiling around 6pm. I copied the below recipe.

I followed the Dennybrew "Cheap n' easy" batch sparge technique. What I did do different is, I mis-calculated my water and ended up with only 3.75 gal of wort. After many Harpoon Weizens, I said screw it and heated up 5 quarts of water to 180 degrees and did a second sparge. Is this alright? should I have just dumped the 5 quarts of water into the brewpot and boiled?

O.G. reading was HIGH, 1.065

Beer is fermenting like a choo-choo train as we speak.

RECIPE:
Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: wyeast 2565 kolsh
Yeast Starter: yes
Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.057
Final Gravity: 1.008
IBU: 33.6
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 19.65
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7@70*
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14@70*


death by dunkel chainsaw brewing
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General
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Category: Dark Lager
Subcategory: Munich Dunkel
Recipe Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5 gal.
Volume Boiled: 6 gal.
Mash Efficiency: 70 %
Total Grain/Extract: 11.65 lbs.
Total Hops: 2.3 oz.
Calories (12 fl. oz.): 219.1
Cost to Brew: $26.85 (USD)
Cost per Bottle (12 fl. oz.): $0.50 (USD)

Ingredients
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7.25 lbs. German 2-row Pils
.5 lbs. Weyermann CaraFoam®
3.5 lbs. German Dark Munich
.20 lbs. American Chocolate Malt
.20 lbs. Weyermann Carafa III® (I used Carafa II)
1.5 oz. Hallertau (Pellets, 4.50 %AA) boiled 60 minutes.(Mine was 4.8% AA)
.5 oz. Hallertau (Pellets, 4.50 %AA) boiled 15 minutes.(Mine was 4.8%AA)
.25 oz. Tettnanger (Pellets, 4.50 %AA) boiled 5 minutes.
Yeast: WYeast 2565 Kolsch


mash in at 165* for 60minutes. batch sparge with 170* water.

Lil' Sparky

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Wow, busy day. The second sparge was good. It'll take a while to get the process down where you can hit your volumes.

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