corvax13
Well-Known Member
Brewed my first All Grain this past weekend, I went for a SMaSH brew (2 Row + Fuggles).
HUGE THANK YOU to Deathbrewer and DRoyLenz for their stove-top all grain methods - my method is a slight variation on that.
Here's a quick overview of what I did -
- Brew in a Bag (AHS jumbo nylon bag)
- I mashed in my BK on the stove, and with a towel wrapped around it, temps held nice and steady.
- Heated up sparge water
- Once mash was done, I lifted out my bag and placed it in my bottling bucket.
- Poured my wort over the grains, and opened up the spigot. Pulled out my "first runnings" and cycled those.
- Added my sparge water. Cycled the wort a few more times, before finally pouring it back into my BK.
Turns out all grain was a simple as that. I ran my recipe though beer calculus and came up 1 point higher on my OG than anticipated at 75% efficiency, so not bad at all.
If anyone sees any problems with my methods, please let me know - always looking to improve.
Thanks again to the entire forum - going this far would not have been possible at all without HBT!
HUGE THANK YOU to Deathbrewer and DRoyLenz for their stove-top all grain methods - my method is a slight variation on that.
Here's a quick overview of what I did -
- Brew in a Bag (AHS jumbo nylon bag)
- I mashed in my BK on the stove, and with a towel wrapped around it, temps held nice and steady.
- Heated up sparge water
- Once mash was done, I lifted out my bag and placed it in my bottling bucket.
- Poured my wort over the grains, and opened up the spigot. Pulled out my "first runnings" and cycled those.
- Added my sparge water. Cycled the wort a few more times, before finally pouring it back into my BK.
Turns out all grain was a simple as that. I ran my recipe though beer calculus and came up 1 point higher on my OG than anticipated at 75% efficiency, so not bad at all.
If anyone sees any problems with my methods, please let me know - always looking to improve.
Thanks again to the entire forum - going this far would not have been possible at all without HBT!