Okay. I'm the manager of a homebrew store. I talk beer and wine with a lot of people every day. Then, I go home and read about beer or wine, obsessed right? So, I've made a couple of extract batches...turned out well. I know they have flaws, and I understand what happened. This is important as to not repeat mistakes.
ANYWAYS. It was 19°F tonight and I decided to do my first all-grain batch.
Mashed in @ 151°F for a nice american pale ale.
Sparged with 6 gallons at 170°F
Collected what I thought was 6.5 gallons.
After boiling and adding hops...I go to turn on my faucet that my IC is hooked up to...Nothing. Did I mention I live in an apartment complex. No outside water. I NEEDED that water to cool my wort quickly. Oh yeah. I live on the second floor. No throwing it in a snowbank for me...I DID manage to nearly melt the foot that had fallen over the past 2 days though.
After about 45 minutes I get it down to 90° and start to siphon it into my carboy. I only collect MAYBE 3.5 gallons.
...
So upset right now. I really didn't think I'd have this much trouble. This is a huge discouragement.
Cheers. Having a home brew as I type this. Waiting to pitch my starter.
ANYWAYS. It was 19°F tonight and I decided to do my first all-grain batch.
Mashed in @ 151°F for a nice american pale ale.
Sparged with 6 gallons at 170°F
Collected what I thought was 6.5 gallons.
After boiling and adding hops...I go to turn on my faucet that my IC is hooked up to...Nothing. Did I mention I live in an apartment complex. No outside water. I NEEDED that water to cool my wort quickly. Oh yeah. I live on the second floor. No throwing it in a snowbank for me...I DID manage to nearly melt the foot that had fallen over the past 2 days though.
After about 45 minutes I get it down to 90° and start to siphon it into my carboy. I only collect MAYBE 3.5 gallons.
...
So upset right now. I really didn't think I'd have this much trouble. This is a huge discouragement.
Cheers. Having a home brew as I type this. Waiting to pitch my starter.