Sounds like a great brew day. Much better than my first all grain disaster! My only critique is the first hop addition. It looks like you added it to the mash. Ive never seen that,but I'm still a noob. I would have thought to add the bittering hops to the boil. That's how I've always seen it...
Thanks for all the advice. Totally reworked the recipe after hitting LHBS.
10.5 lbs 2 row
1 lbs chocolate malt
.5 lbs black patent
.25 lbs honey malt
.25 lbs victory malt
.25 lbs crystal 20
2 lbs flaked oats
Brewing that on Sunday, should be a good time.
As far as sparging, how much water...
My first oatmeal stout.
6 lbs 2 American 2 row
2 lbs chocolate malt
1.5 lbs black patent
2 lbs biscuit malt
4 lbs flaked oats
1 oz chinook hops at 60 min
1 oz cascade hops at 30 min
.5 oz fuggle hops at 15 min
Us-04 safale
Mash at 154 for 60 min
Batch sparge with 7 gal at 170
Boil 7.25 for...
Isn't brewing kind of like growing a beard? It take patience, meticulous planning, and proper hygiene to be good.
Plus, Chuck Norris has a beard.......
Just finished my first all grain. An all around american pale ale.
9 lbs 2 row us pale malt
1 lb 40L crystal malt
.5 lb flaked barley
Mashed in for 90 min at 155
Sparged with 4 gal 170 deg water
Collected 4.5 gal, topped off with 1 gal cold water to cool
Used American ale yeast with a...