RickWG
Well-Known Member
Busted the membrane on the new system yesterday.
It was a Pale Ale (Haus Pale Ale)
it was a little disorganized but it was my first time.
Lessons learned.
1) Mash tun takes a long time to stabilize at strike temp.
2) A little high on the mash temp, wanted 152 but got 154 and the mash was a bit thin. Iodine test showed no starch....
3) Got a bit more wort in the kettle than I wanted
4) boil off wasn't as high as I had figured and ended up with 6 gallons of 1.060
5) Damn oxygen tube is curved and won't straighten out and don't know if I got enough oxy in there. Gotta heat gun the tube to straighten it next time.
If that's all I guess it wasn't too bad for a first time. Just don't want astringency in there and I'll be happy.
It was a Pale Ale (Haus Pale Ale)
it was a little disorganized but it was my first time.
Lessons learned.
1) Mash tun takes a long time to stabilize at strike temp.
2) A little high on the mash temp, wanted 152 but got 154 and the mash was a bit thin. Iodine test showed no starch....
3) Got a bit more wort in the kettle than I wanted
4) boil off wasn't as high as I had figured and ended up with 6 gallons of 1.060
5) Damn oxygen tube is curved and won't straighten out and don't know if I got enough oxy in there. Gotta heat gun the tube to straighten it next time.
If that's all I guess it wasn't too bad for a first time. Just don't want astringency in there and I'll be happy.