All-Grain Tutorial/Nut Brown Ale - Page 9

Twofox · 07-20-2010, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaysus

Poured a gallon in to his kettle at a time and marked as appropriate.

Yup, guess I should clarify. What did you use to mark it with?

**WAORGANY** · 11-23-2010, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DubbelDach

... and she caps them. Note the Troeg's Brewfest shirt because she rocks!!!

Everything is capped and then gets a quick dip in a bucket of warm water. I like to rinse the beer off of them.

And they are cased up and ready to store in the basement at 65-70 degrees for 2-3 weeks.

I got 44 bottles this time... I was a little under 5 gallons, so I got more than I thought, actually. I am going to rig up a dip tube for the back of my bottling bucket valve asap. I leave too much in the bucket.

I have a label design in the works, but I am going to alter it a bit before posting. I used blue caps this time, and the graphic artist in me needs to match. More soon!

Thank you...first thanks for this awesome thread and tutorial, it has been immensely helpful, my hat is off to you and I salute your great efforts to teach us about AG...and secondly and most importantly thanks for reminding me why I keg and gave up bottling about 5 years ago.....I forgot how much extra work it is...seeing your photos of the bottles int eh dish washer and you and your wife racking into them brings back years of bad ,yet fun memories, thanks again and keep up the great work!!!

JSahrle · 02-26-2011, 12:09 AM

I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I'm new! Are there holes in the PVC pipe that goes into the cooler?

o4_srt · 02-27-2011, 04:19 PM

great post! When I finally venture away from BIAB, i'll definitely be consulting this thread

Peligro28 · 02-27-2011, 08:32 PM

awesome post. straight fwd, easy....

**DubbelDach** · 03-04-2011, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Twofox

Yup, guess I should clarify. What did you use to mark it with?

A Sharpie... High tech up in here!

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Originally Posted by JSahrle

I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I'm new! Are there holes in the PVC pipe that goes into the cooler?

Yes, on the bottom:

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Originally Posted by GOOCHY

Nice tutorial here, did using your own grain mill ever increase your efficiency?

It did.... I went up by about 10%. Not long after that, the LHBS got a new mill too. Ha!

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Originally Posted by RC4U12

I know this post is old but...wouldnt it work nice to put the piping in a grain bag to keep out the grain and make it so much easier to clean and such?? I am going to try this...thanks Jeff

No.... Not a factor. Never had it get clogged, or had a stuck sparge. I usually vorlauf twice, about a pints worth each time until it runs clear, so no grain rushing through. To clean it, I just set the hose to "jet" and blast it through the opening, making it rain out. About every 5 brews or so, I take it apart and soak it really well in Oxy.

ChoochNW · 03-22-2011, 03:30 AM

Huge thanks to ya DubbelDach for the write up and pics, and the rest of the posters with thier great insight and helpful tips. Helped make our first two AG batches run smooth.

**OlieNH** · 04-15-2011, 04:28 PM

Thanks, Dubbel Dachs! I am still an extract brewer, but I am a couple of batches (and paychecks) away from going all grain. I really like your CPVC setup in your mash tun.

Right now, I only have a 5-gallon brew kettle and that is keeping me from going AG. Once I get the budget for a new kettle, I will convert a Coleman Extreme cooler into a mash tun and go AG.

Thanks for the inspiration!

TomOliver · 05-25-2011, 12:36 AM

I know this is an oldie but after reading this whole thread, I finally feel ready for my first AG batch coming up soon. Thanks everyone!

Tom

**Jubilee** · 07-07-2011, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DubbelDach

I always use this Mash Calculator for my strike and sparge water. Now, call me crazy, but it always gives a larger volume of water for the sparge, not the strike, so I always reverse them. Makes sense to me to add the larger volume first, where grain absorbtion is higher.

Are you still doing this? I'm reading How to Brew by Palmer and he says you'll use approx 1.5 times as much sparge water as you do for the mash. Just curious, as I'm about 1 mo away from my first AG batch.