jwalk4
Well-Known Member
was a near disaster!
My burner conked out on me! Heated my strike water okay, but when I went to boil I couldn't get any flame and no propane out the burner. I switched propane tanks, and adjusted the regulator. I played with the connections and the hose and was able to get a small flame, but not enough to sustain a boil.
In the end I was forced to bring my BK inside and try to boil on my rinkydink stovetop. I made it to 212F, but just barely, with only a ripple on the surface.
Sigh In the end though, I transferred about 6 gallons instead of my projected 5.5 gallons and came up short of my 1.052 OG by .002. Still, I'm surprised I came that close.
RDWAHAHB, or whatever we say.
Here was my day:
Started by heating up my strike water. All RO.
Mineral weighing: gypsum
Mineral weighing: Calcium Chloride. Im shooting low for my mineral content as per the advice of some people on this forum, especially for a pale ale. Calcium ~90 Sulfate ~100 Chloride ~60ish, for the record
Warming up the tun. I overshoot my strike temp by a few degrees and wait until my cooler is warm a bit to help maintain temps.
Mashing. Sorry, no strike temp pic, but I hit 152 as planned.
Time for a beer and a picture.
Argh, Ill also do some dishes .
With that out of the way, weighing out my hop additions.
Here is where it all went wrong. Sorry but not many pictures from here on out. I was too stressed trying to maintain a boil on the ****tiest stove of all time. Like I said, got to 212, but not much rolling action.
OG 1.049 1.050
My burner conked out on me! Heated my strike water okay, but when I went to boil I couldn't get any flame and no propane out the burner. I switched propane tanks, and adjusted the regulator. I played with the connections and the hose and was able to get a small flame, but not enough to sustain a boil.
In the end I was forced to bring my BK inside and try to boil on my rinkydink stovetop. I made it to 212F, but just barely, with only a ripple on the surface.
Sigh In the end though, I transferred about 6 gallons instead of my projected 5.5 gallons and came up short of my 1.052 OG by .002. Still, I'm surprised I came that close.
RDWAHAHB, or whatever we say.
Here was my day:
Started by heating up my strike water. All RO.
Mineral weighing: gypsum
Mineral weighing: Calcium Chloride. Im shooting low for my mineral content as per the advice of some people on this forum, especially for a pale ale. Calcium ~90 Sulfate ~100 Chloride ~60ish, for the record
Warming up the tun. I overshoot my strike temp by a few degrees and wait until my cooler is warm a bit to help maintain temps.
Mashing. Sorry, no strike temp pic, but I hit 152 as planned.
Time for a beer and a picture.
Argh, Ill also do some dishes .
With that out of the way, weighing out my hop additions.
Here is where it all went wrong. Sorry but not many pictures from here on out. I was too stressed trying to maintain a boil on the ****tiest stove of all time. Like I said, got to 212, but not much rolling action.
OG 1.049 1.050