I am in the midst of my first all-grain brewday, embarked upon so as to lessen the ridicule thrown my way. 
Mash and sparge on EdWort's Bee Cave Kolsch are done. Boil must wait until I take my assisant, the cooperative 4 yo Paige, to daycare at 1 p.m. Question here: should I leave the wort uncovered or will covering it produce DMS?
It has been both a frustrating and exhilirating experience, which is really the point, right? It took me a good 15 minutes to stabilize my mash temp. I needed a couple more quarts of cold water than intended, resulting in a thin mash. But I got my mash temp to 152. Target was 151. Good enough.
Double batch sparge went well. Nailed my target pre-boil volume of 7 gallons. Unfortunately, I came in a little off on pre-boil gravity. Was targeting 1.042, got 1.036. Live and learn.
So far, I have learned I need to figure out my equipment and that having two burners is almost required when you're not near the kitchen.
Anyway, so far, so decent, I guess. I might post pics later, I might not. Who knows.
Mash and sparge on EdWort's Bee Cave Kolsch are done. Boil must wait until I take my assisant, the cooperative 4 yo Paige, to daycare at 1 p.m. Question here: should I leave the wort uncovered or will covering it produce DMS?
It has been both a frustrating and exhilirating experience, which is really the point, right? It took me a good 15 minutes to stabilize my mash temp. I needed a couple more quarts of cold water than intended, resulting in a thin mash. But I got my mash temp to 152. Target was 151. Good enough.
Double batch sparge went well. Nailed my target pre-boil volume of 7 gallons. Unfortunately, I came in a little off on pre-boil gravity. Was targeting 1.042, got 1.036. Live and learn.
So far, I have learned I need to figure out my equipment and that having two burners is almost required when you're not near the kitchen.
Anyway, so far, so decent, I guess. I might post pics later, I might not. Who knows.
:rockin: 
