Yeah, I don't think I would do this one BIAB again, at least not with my current setup. I have never been that big on common sense, which might have served me well had I used some on this batch. But I still think I could have lifted everything better if it was below waist level. It was no fun lifting it up so high. Today's problem will be freeing all of the wild animals and neighborhood children who get glued where they stand in the sticky residue of spilled wort while walking past where I brewed.
Thanks for the encouragement about the hot side aeration. I hope it doesn't screw the batch up. It is currently fermenting like mad with s05, keeping pretty steady at 67 degrees.
The partigyle batch was pretty nice- 1.037 pre boil gravity, Added essentially the same hop bill as KtG but less, and no bittering charge, since the hops from the previous batch (at least some of them) were mixed in with the grist the way that I did it. All those late additions have plenty of bitterness left in them! It is meant to be a dry stout, but started at 1.050 after boil. Using nottingham to dry it out. It is now fermenting at 64 degrees. Wort tasted awesome. Can't tell what the KtG wort was like because I was too busy cursing to try it.
Brothell , WA?? You are right up Lake City Way from me!
Thanks for the encouragement about the hot side aeration. I hope it doesn't screw the batch up. It is currently fermenting like mad with s05, keeping pretty steady at 67 degrees.
The partigyle batch was pretty nice- 1.037 pre boil gravity, Added essentially the same hop bill as KtG but less, and no bittering charge, since the hops from the previous batch (at least some of them) were mixed in with the grist the way that I did it. All those late additions have plenty of bitterness left in them! It is meant to be a dry stout, but started at 1.050 after boil. Using nottingham to dry it out. It is now fermenting at 64 degrees. Wort tasted awesome. Can't tell what the KtG wort was like because I was too busy cursing to try it.
Brothell , WA?? You are right up Lake City Way from me!