1st All grain beer today

So today I stepped up and brewed my first all grain beer! Today I brewed up my own version of a Brown Porter but with a little more hop power to it. I am planning to brew up a bass ale clone. Hopefully all will go well. I constructed my own mlt out of a 10g rubbermaid cooler and pieced to gether some 1/2" copper tubing as the false bottom. Worked wonderfully. I was a little worried before venturing down this road but I am quite surprised how easy it really was. Using beer smith, I calculated the recipe. Listed below:

Bips Hoppy Dark Brown
Brown Porter


Type: All Grain
Date: 1/9/2009
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Bips Brewing
Boil Size: 6.41 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (7.5 gal) and Igloo Cooler (10 Gal)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
9.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 85.71 %
1.00 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 9.52 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4.76 %
1.00 oz Cascade [6.30 %] (60 min) Hops 22.9 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [6.30 %] (30 min) Hops 17.6 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [6.30 %] (3 min) Hops 2.8 IBU
0.28 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
0.55 oz Burton Water Salts (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs London Ale (Wyeast Labs #1028) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.051 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.056 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.09 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 6.65 %
Bitterness: 43.3 IBU Calories: 245 cal/pint
Est Color: 30.5 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body Total Grain Weight: 10.50 lb
Sparge Water: 1.92 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F TunTemperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Single Infusion, Light Body Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 3.00 gal of water at 166.4 F 150.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 3.00 gal of water at 190.5 F 168.0 F



Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar Volumes of CO2: 2.4
Pressure/Weight: 3.8 oz Carbonation Used: -
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 60.0 F Age for: 28.0 days
Storage Temperature: 52.0 F

My OG reading ended up being a little higher than calculated. Beer smith listed 1.051 as the estimated OG but I ended up with 1.056. I can only assume that my efficiency is higher that the 70% listed by beer smith. The beer was originally supposed to be a hoppier brown ale but I mistakenly went with 1lb of chocolate instead of a 1/2lb. So I am thinking it more as a brown porter.

I am looking forward to brewing again tomorrow!

Congrats on your 1st. Sounds like a tasty recipe. Now just sit back and wait

celtic_dude said:

I can only assume that my efficiency is higher that the 70% listed by beer smith.

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Lucky you. I'm perpetually in the 70-75% range with LHBS crush.

Awesome i got my coolers today ill be getting them ready and hopefully be doig my first in 2 weeks.

jay672 said:

Awesome i got my coolers today ill be getting them ready and hopefully be doig my first in 2 weeks.

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Hey Jay, what are you getting as far as Sparging gear? I am about to make the leap with the coolers as well.

Congrats on the first brew!! What was the pre boil and final volume? I generally start with about 7 gallons pre-boil, just curious what your boil off was!

Glad your first AG went so well, Congrats!

I'ma hate on you for that 1st time efficiency though!

The Pol said:

Congrats on the first brew!! What was the pre boil and final volume? I generally start with about 7 gallons pre-boil, just curious what your boil off was!

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My pre boil volume was about 6 1/2 and ended up with just over 5.