Well everything went fine during the mash, I got the temp to 170, dough in, them was down to about 149. So them I put a heavy blanket over the pot, in a half hour the temp only dropped 2 degrees, so I turned on the burner and stirred. Got the temp to 154, then put the blanket back on it for a half hour. I basically did a little step mash, I wanted the temp to be between 148-152 becasue I want it to be a dry beer. The only problem came after the boil, when I used my immersion wort chiller for the first time. The hose touched the burner right after flame out and melted (I hadnt noticed right away). So when I turned on the water, aww!!, water was spraying everywhere. Like most first time all grain brewers I could have used a bit more water, I ended up with about 4.5 gallons of wort after boil (whatever,RDWHAHB). All in all I was happy with the way things went, thanks for all the great posts and threads on this site, it helped out a ton!
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