Yes it's another one of those "First All-Grain" posts.
Last night I brewed BierMuncher's Centennial Blonde. The entire operation went flawlessly. I pretty much nailed everything, except my evaporation rate because I was gun-shy about boiling over. However with the extra .25gal in my kettle I still exceeded the estimated FG by 2 points.
I guess I can't post without ONE question though. Do the majority of you siphon the chilled wort to the primary? I tried funneling and that was a bit messy.
Also, when chilling my wort I stir pretty well to cool faster, doing this gets a good amount of froth on top... wouldn't this be a good enough aeration method? Between that, pouring into a funnel with a screen & shaking the carboy violently, I'm confident I introduced enough oxygen into my sweet, sweet wort.
Anyway, my thanks goes out to everyone on this board. I suggest anyone thinking about switching to AG just do it. It's really not that hard.
Now... about that HERMS setup...
Last night I brewed BierMuncher's Centennial Blonde. The entire operation went flawlessly. I pretty much nailed everything, except my evaporation rate because I was gun-shy about boiling over. However with the extra .25gal in my kettle I still exceeded the estimated FG by 2 points.
I guess I can't post without ONE question though. Do the majority of you siphon the chilled wort to the primary? I tried funneling and that was a bit messy.
Also, when chilling my wort I stir pretty well to cool faster, doing this gets a good amount of froth on top... wouldn't this be a good enough aeration method? Between that, pouring into a funnel with a screen & shaking the carboy violently, I'm confident I introduced enough oxygen into my sweet, sweet wort.
Anyway, my thanks goes out to everyone on this board. I suggest anyone thinking about switching to AG just do it. It's really not that hard.
Now... about that HERMS setup...