I succeeded in completing my first partial mash today.
I started early because the weather man said it would be raining this afternoon. I did not see a single drop, haven't in weeks even though they keep saying it is going to rain. We can put a man on the moon but can't accurately predict the weather.:cross:
I used my bottling bucket wrapped in a blanket and it worked brilliantly dropping only one degree over an hour. I manged to have everything timed well and only burnt myself once (slightly).
I ended up with a lot more boil volume than I was expecting, I think I started with nearly 4.5 gallons. But that was no problem as I am using a turkey fryer. I think my efficiency was pretty good, over 60% at least (I need a new hydrometer).
Took me nearly 30 minutes to cool the wort. Next item on the list is a wort cooler, this bathtub nonsense is getting old fast.
Only problem of the day was when I was trying to siphon through a nylon bag from the boil pot to my car boy my auto-siphon wouldn't seal and get loosing suction (beginning to think it is a POS).
In addition to my first partial mash this was the first time I made a starter for my yeast and during the mash I made 5 gallons of EdWort's apfelwein. I also added all my extract late in the boil, another first.
I am already seeing airlock activity on both (~10 hours).
Thanks too all that made today possible.
I started early because the weather man said it would be raining this afternoon. I did not see a single drop, haven't in weeks even though they keep saying it is going to rain. We can put a man on the moon but can't accurately predict the weather.:cross:
I used my bottling bucket wrapped in a blanket and it worked brilliantly dropping only one degree over an hour. I manged to have everything timed well and only burnt myself once (slightly).
I ended up with a lot more boil volume than I was expecting, I think I started with nearly 4.5 gallons. But that was no problem as I am using a turkey fryer. I think my efficiency was pretty good, over 60% at least (I need a new hydrometer).
Took me nearly 30 minutes to cool the wort. Next item on the list is a wort cooler, this bathtub nonsense is getting old fast.
Only problem of the day was when I was trying to siphon through a nylon bag from the boil pot to my car boy my auto-siphon wouldn't seal and get loosing suction (beginning to think it is a POS).
In addition to my first partial mash this was the first time I made a starter for my yeast and during the mash I made 5 gallons of EdWort's apfelwein. I also added all my extract late in the boil, another first.
I am already seeing airlock activity on both (~10 hours).
Thanks too all that made today possible.