Second AG, nailed OG, plus; guilt free wort chilling

All I got to say is eff, effin yeah! Put together a dank maple porter today, all grain, and got 77 percent efficiency, while aiming for 75 in beer tools.

You all have to understand, in my first brew I went all grain, screwed up hard, stuck sparge issues, so many other issues... My last 5 had been extract with steeped grains. This one though, couldn't have gone better.

I hate to toot my horn, but damn. It feels good to get it right.

I also implemented my guilt free wort chiller/lawn hydration device. Now I don't have to hear water dumping in ONE spot of the lawn, making a mud bath.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxNQwQmjtHk]YouTube - Guilt free wort cooling[/ame]

you must brew a lot, your grass is super green! Its great to hear you had a great brew day, keep it up. cheers

I also do the guilt free chilling, but with a little more labor
I collect my chiller runoff in a tub and use it to water the bushs, flowers, ect.
It does feel a lot better doing this than watching your water run down the alley!

nsheehan516 said:

you must brew a lot, your grass is super green! Its great to hear you had a great brew day, keep it up. cheers

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yeah I wish that was the case, it's been raining like every day in new england. not today though! Thought I'd post the recipe, hopefully it comes out well.

4 gallons

7 # English 2 row
.25 # Chocolate Malt
.25 # Special B
.25 # Crystal 60
.25 # Roasted Barley
3.4 # Maple Syrup (~1.5 quarts)
1 oz. fuggle 60 min
.5 oz. fuggle 15 min
White Labs English Ale

1.078-1.019
7.72%
27.6 IBU

Nice to hear! 75% is damn good. I did my second AG today and hit my numbers as well, only 70% though. I feel like AG is much more rewarding.