Hey,
So im trying to step up to all grain brewing. I love hoppy beers so my first all grain brew is going to be 115th dream hopbursted IPA that i got from northernbrewer.com
(http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewi...115th-dream-hopbursted-ipa-all-grain-kit.html)
Im planning on making a mlt out of a 10gal rubbermaid cooler using one of the many great tutorials on the forum. I have also been doing a lot of research but i wanted to start a thread to make sure i know what im doing before brew day comes.
Ive selected the Wyeast 1056 American Ale option and will be doing a yeast starter.
From looking at the kit i have 17lbs of grain. At a 1.5qt/lb water to grain ratio that would be 6.375 (say 6.5) gallons of water.
My questions come in with the mash process. So im thinking that i put the grains in the mash tun, and pour over 6.5 gallons of 165degF water which should give me a final temp of between 150-155 (recipe calls for 152). Stir that up for about 10 mins and then close the lid and let it sit for an hour. After that drain off a couple quarts and pour back into the mash tun until the wort runs clear. Drain off until there is about an inch of wort over the grain bed and pour in about 2.5 of sparge water. I dont know what temp the sparge water should be. says mashout at 170 should this be my sparge water temp? I was using the ********.xls and i should end up with 6.25ish gallons of wort which should leave me with about 5.25 gallons after boil off.
Does this sound right? am i missing anything? I just realized that my brew kettle is way undersized and i have to find a bigger one cheap but thats a different problem.
Thanks for the help
So im trying to step up to all grain brewing. I love hoppy beers so my first all grain brew is going to be 115th dream hopbursted IPA that i got from northernbrewer.com
(http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewi...115th-dream-hopbursted-ipa-all-grain-kit.html)
Im planning on making a mlt out of a 10gal rubbermaid cooler using one of the many great tutorials on the forum. I have also been doing a lot of research but i wanted to start a thread to make sure i know what im doing before brew day comes.
Ive selected the Wyeast 1056 American Ale option and will be doing a yeast starter.
From looking at the kit i have 17lbs of grain. At a 1.5qt/lb water to grain ratio that would be 6.375 (say 6.5) gallons of water.
My questions come in with the mash process. So im thinking that i put the grains in the mash tun, and pour over 6.5 gallons of 165degF water which should give me a final temp of between 150-155 (recipe calls for 152). Stir that up for about 10 mins and then close the lid and let it sit for an hour. After that drain off a couple quarts and pour back into the mash tun until the wort runs clear. Drain off until there is about an inch of wort over the grain bed and pour in about 2.5 of sparge water. I dont know what temp the sparge water should be. says mashout at 170 should this be my sparge water temp? I was using the ********.xls and i should end up with 6.25ish gallons of wort which should leave me with about 5.25 gallons after boil off.
Does this sound right? am i missing anything? I just realized that my brew kettle is way undersized and i have to find a bigger one cheap but thats a different problem.
Thanks for the help