MetallHed

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Thought I'd share some pics of my brewday from a couple weeks ago. I did an altbier and hit about 86% efficiency with my set-up! Hopefully it'll taste pretty good in a few months.

Getting everything set up:


Hooking up the water filter:


Filling and heating the hot water tank:


Another angle:


After hitting strike temp, transfer to mash tun:


Add dem grains:


Hit the target. Boom:


Vorlauf after an hour:


Fly spargin' it up:


3 oz. Spalt first wort hops:


My high-tech filtering system (yes, I've heard of HSA):


Sparging:


Dat boil:


Add the chiller:


Transfer the cooled wort:


Done and done:


Cleaned up:


A few days later:

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bmick

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Holy...why am I not doing that coffee filter thing? Must save a lot of vorlauf time...

MetallHed

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Heh. I still do my regular vorlauf but there are always some little buggers that make it through. This catches any strays that sneak through. Someone on Reddit mentioned hot-side aeration as a concern so my last batch (pumpkin spice alee) I extended the hose (heh) and eliminated the filter. I'm not sure how much it will affect it, but it's an easy switch.

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iheartcraftbeer

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Awesome, love the pics. I'd like to brew an altbier soon. Care to share the recipe?

rawkstar320

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Just stole a coffee filter from work (it was already mine anyways) to try that.

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rawkstar320

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Hmmm I'm going to try that coffee filter thing. I tend to get alot of trub.

For my small one gallon batches, I can't imagine HSA will be that big a deal.

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coolharry

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+1 on sharing the recipe, I'd love to brew an Alt this winter.

blaster_54738

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Yeah but then you shortened the hose after that awesome stuck sparge...REMEMBER

LoneWolfPR

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I'm kind of curious as to why you're doing this now for December. Admittedly, I don't know a ton about the style, but I thought Alts were one of the few German Ale styles. So, shouldn't this be ready much sooner than that?

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homebrewdon

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HSA is a non issue. You would boil the beer anyway, and if you are pitching the appropriate amount of yeast its not a problem.