brrman
Well-Known Member
Gotta thank everyone on this board, cuz without all the great info here I probably would have made a mess of things.
I've been extract brewing for nearly two years, and finally got the urge to try all grain. I made sure my new mash tun (coleman extreme) can handle 10 gal batches because thats my goal by mid summer.
I brewed a very basic recipe kit from AHS. The Canadian Ale. Figured something simple and lawnmowerish for the summer. I heated the cooler for 10 mins with 150F water, then emptied. Then added grains and 170F 2.5gal strike water. Temp came down to target of 151. I had a couple BBC porters while I waited for the hour to pass. I vorlaufed, drained, batch sparged with 5gal at 170F.
I ended up with 6.5gal of beautiful wort! Boiled off about 1.25gal. Gravity was on target too. Basically everything went as simple as pie - and I was done (including clean up) in 3.5 hours: 8pm - 11:30pm. I was amazed at how simple it was - and how rewarding it was to make beer from scratch!
So thanks again!
I've been extract brewing for nearly two years, and finally got the urge to try all grain. I made sure my new mash tun (coleman extreme) can handle 10 gal batches because thats my goal by mid summer.
I brewed a very basic recipe kit from AHS. The Canadian Ale. Figured something simple and lawnmowerish for the summer. I heated the cooler for 10 mins with 150F water, then emptied. Then added grains and 170F 2.5gal strike water. Temp came down to target of 151. I had a couple BBC porters while I waited for the hour to pass. I vorlaufed, drained, batch sparged with 5gal at 170F.
I ended up with 6.5gal of beautiful wort! Boiled off about 1.25gal. Gravity was on target too. Basically everything went as simple as pie - and I was done (including clean up) in 3.5 hours: 8pm - 11:30pm. I was amazed at how simple it was - and how rewarding it was to make beer from scratch!
So thanks again!