Hey, first stab at an all grain today. didn't go quite as expected. ran into an issue even before the mash water finished boiling.my mash tun was leaking as I was letting it sanitize. It looks like a small crack in the cooler. it was fine during initial testing. but as for today, it was put aside.
well, I was trying to figure out what to do, so i figured i'd try the "brew in a b
ag" route. But since I did not have a grain bag, and the LHBS was closed, I used cheesecloth and made a bag out of that. Well, i can honestly say, it was not made for this purpose. But it did hold up for the most part. did tear in one spot, but not too bad. I did have to strain the wort with a strainer to catch the grains that escaped out the tear. Other then that, it went ok. I did have an error in calculating my water volume. I added about 26 liters in total to get a finishing batch size of about 5 gallons. but i ended up with about 3 1/2 with only an hour boil time. have no clue what happened to the other gallon an a half. Wondering how much sweeter and bitter my beer will be.
anyways, here was my recipe. it was simple for my first go.
Recipe Cream Ale Style Cream Ale
Batch 5.00 gal
All Grain
Recipe Characteristics
Recipe Gravity 1.048 OG Estimated FG 1.012 FG
Recipe Bitterness 18 IBU Alcohol by Volume 4.7%
Recipe Color 5° SRM Alcohol by Weight 3.7%
Ingredients
Quantity Grain Type Use
0.50 lb German Munich Grain Mashed
7.00 lb Maris Otter Malt Grain Mashed
Quantity Hop Type Time
1.00 oz Crystal Pellet 60 minutes
0.25 oz Fuggles Pellet 15 minutes
0.25 oz Fuggles Pellet 30 minutes
Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 unit British Ale yeast Yeast- safale 04
well, I was trying to figure out what to do, so i figured i'd try the "brew in a b
ag" route. But since I did not have a grain bag, and the LHBS was closed, I used cheesecloth and made a bag out of that. Well, i can honestly say, it was not made for this purpose. But it did hold up for the most part. did tear in one spot, but not too bad. I did have to strain the wort with a strainer to catch the grains that escaped out the tear. Other then that, it went ok. I did have an error in calculating my water volume. I added about 26 liters in total to get a finishing batch size of about 5 gallons. but i ended up with about 3 1/2 with only an hour boil time. have no clue what happened to the other gallon an a half. Wondering how much sweeter and bitter my beer will be.
anyways, here was my recipe. it was simple for my first go.
Recipe Cream Ale Style Cream Ale
Batch 5.00 gal
All Grain
Recipe Characteristics
Recipe Gravity 1.048 OG Estimated FG 1.012 FG
Recipe Bitterness 18 IBU Alcohol by Volume 4.7%
Recipe Color 5° SRM Alcohol by Weight 3.7%
Ingredients
Quantity Grain Type Use
0.50 lb German Munich Grain Mashed
7.00 lb Maris Otter Malt Grain Mashed
Quantity Hop Type Time
1.00 oz Crystal Pellet 60 minutes
0.25 oz Fuggles Pellet 15 minutes
0.25 oz Fuggles Pellet 30 minutes
Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 unit British Ale yeast Yeast- safale 04