Lonek
Well-Known Member
Well I built a 10 gallon Home Depot mash tun Friday night and Saturday morning 2 friends and I started brewing a Phat Tyre Amber Ale.
Mash temps were perfect, but when I started to drain the wort off I only got one gallon before it got stuck... Now as many of you know, it's a little hard to unclog or even deduce what's going on when the grain is this hot. So, I ran into the house grabbed a huge nylon steeping bag I had bought at the LHBS placed it into the boiling pot and we poured the wort and grains right in. Placed the grain bag back into the mash tun and started sparging.
By this time, I'm a little bummed and depressed thinking I'm going to lose this one or not get enough wort from it, but luckily I had added an extra 2 lbs of grain over what the recipe called for expecting my efficiency to be low. After a good boil and cooling it, my OG was right on target! 1.051
I'm happy to say it's fermenting like crazy right now at 72 nestled away in a dark closet.
Mash temps were perfect, but when I started to drain the wort off I only got one gallon before it got stuck... Now as many of you know, it's a little hard to unclog or even deduce what's going on when the grain is this hot. So, I ran into the house grabbed a huge nylon steeping bag I had bought at the LHBS placed it into the boiling pot and we poured the wort and grains right in. Placed the grain bag back into the mash tun and started sparging.
By this time, I'm a little bummed and depressed thinking I'm going to lose this one or not get enough wort from it, but luckily I had added an extra 2 lbs of grain over what the recipe called for expecting my efficiency to be low. After a good boil and cooling it, my OG was right on target! 1.051
I'm happy to say it's fermenting like crazy right now at 72 nestled away in a dark closet.