well yesterday i completed my first AG, which happened to be a SMaSH with marris otter and challenger.
14 lb MO
1 oz @ 60
.5 oz @ 20
.5 oz @ 3
heres a quick shot of my rigged set up, with the all important homebrew already opened up-
here's a shot on the mash. i heated 4.5 gallons to approx 185, dumped into the cooler, and let it drop to 168. it dropped to 172 in a few min, but took about another 7 to drop to 168-then i doughed in. once it was thoroughly mixed, it got a temp of 154-i was shooting for 153. after an hr of mashing, it dropped to 152. nice.
heres a shot of the first runnings. i vorlaufed almost a full gallon. i use a s.s. braid in the cooler. i ended up getting a little over 2.5 gallons.
then i did 2 batch sparges w/2.5 gal. each. the first sparge i used 180 degree water, which only got the grain bed to 160. i got 2.5 gallons of wort. next sparge i used 185 degree water, got the grain bed up to 169. i vorlaufed each time. i forgot to check how much wort i got from the 2nd sparge, but im thinking around 2.5 again so approx 7.5 went into the kettle. now at this point it was dark out so my cellphone couldn't handle the pictures, so i apologize for the crappiness.
once i got it to a hard boil i started the clock and added the first hops. this is the first time i used my burner (well everything actually)and i love how hard of a boil i could get. the picture doesnt do it justice-i'll start brewing earlier next time.
14 lb MO
1 oz @ 60
.5 oz @ 20
.5 oz @ 3
heres a quick shot of my rigged set up, with the all important homebrew already opened up-
here's a shot on the mash. i heated 4.5 gallons to approx 185, dumped into the cooler, and let it drop to 168. it dropped to 172 in a few min, but took about another 7 to drop to 168-then i doughed in. once it was thoroughly mixed, it got a temp of 154-i was shooting for 153. after an hr of mashing, it dropped to 152. nice.
heres a shot of the first runnings. i vorlaufed almost a full gallon. i use a s.s. braid in the cooler. i ended up getting a little over 2.5 gallons.
then i did 2 batch sparges w/2.5 gal. each. the first sparge i used 180 degree water, which only got the grain bed to 160. i got 2.5 gallons of wort. next sparge i used 185 degree water, got the grain bed up to 169. i vorlaufed each time. i forgot to check how much wort i got from the 2nd sparge, but im thinking around 2.5 again so approx 7.5 went into the kettle. now at this point it was dark out so my cellphone couldn't handle the pictures, so i apologize for the crappiness.
once i got it to a hard boil i started the clock and added the first hops. this is the first time i used my burner (well everything actually)and i love how hard of a boil i could get. the picture doesnt do it justice-i'll start brewing earlier next time.