Chester
Well-Known Member
I had a hell of a brew day. Stuck sparge nightmare and I had my mash tun absolutely as full as I could get it (sanke keg). This is 1.29/qt per lb:
Thankfully I designed my rig so I can under-let with hot water and that got it to move although agonizingly slow... After that I was recirculating sparge water and forgot to close the valve on the HLT so I ended up with around 17 gallons at boil. Runnings were 1.039 for that single giant batch sparge. I could have just pulled 10 for you guys and 5 for a "small" beer I guess but i decided to break out "sputnik" for the first time. He's A little guy a got for doing decoctions:
so after a massive boil-off (in true belgian fashion I kept telling myself) and cooling I ended up with ~12 gallons @ 1.084 on two fresh s-5 cakes. 18 hours now and no activity so I gave it some more O2 and a fresh packet of yeast.
Its big and black and sickly sweet but like KB said not roasty, astringent or particularly "stout like"
All is well that ends well!
Thankfully I designed my rig so I can under-let with hot water and that got it to move although agonizingly slow... After that I was recirculating sparge water and forgot to close the valve on the HLT so I ended up with around 17 gallons at boil. Runnings were 1.039 for that single giant batch sparge. I could have just pulled 10 for you guys and 5 for a "small" beer I guess but i decided to break out "sputnik" for the first time. He's A little guy a got for doing decoctions:
so after a massive boil-off (in true belgian fashion I kept telling myself) and cooling I ended up with ~12 gallons @ 1.084 on two fresh s-5 cakes. 18 hours now and no activity so I gave it some more O2 and a fresh packet of yeast.
Its big and black and sickly sweet but like KB said not roasty, astringent or particularly "stout like"
All is well that ends well!