mrmuskie
Well-Known Member
Well i brewed my first ever all grain batch yesterday. The mash and sparge went great hit all my temps on the money (lucky i guess). I collected 7 1/2 gallons of wort for my pre boil volume.... now is when i hit a few bumps... first thing i boiled over, not real bad just a little. I ended up putting a clip on fan on my snowblower handle and aiming it at the boil and that fixed the boil overs. About half way through my boil i noticed i wasn't losing enough volume so i cranked the heat a bit.... needless to say i boiled off too much. i ended up with 5 gallons in the fermentor when i was wanting 5 1/2 to 6 but oh well it was my first go at this brewing thing. The airlock was bubbling like a big dog this morning so thats good. The reason i titled it ... "well almost" is because it isn't beer yet, guess we will see in a month. One thing i know for sure is I really enjoyed the whole process and now im hooked.