My First Brew

[Hops-4-Life]

I did my first brew ever today - an all grain 5 gallon batch sparge brew - Brewiz and I have done quite a few brews at his house, but I just had to get my own setup and get busy brewing - Everything went great and we were done in 4.5 hours. I plan to go right on top of my current primary next weekend when I transfer. Next brew will be 14 lbs of grain

Here is a link to a little video / slide show I did of my brew.

Video

 

[ajf]

I don't want to here this.

How come you can finish in 4.5 hrs, when it still takes me 6 - 7 hrs after 15 years practice?


Congrats!

-a.

 

[dibby33]

Nice vid.

 

[ontap@home]

Nice!

 

[Hops-4-Life]

How come you can finish in 4.5 hrs, when it still takes me 6 - 7 hrs after 15 years practice?
-a.

I preheated the mash tun to 130 degrees early this morning and had the grain cracked last night. I mashed with 4.5 gallons and heated the sparge water during the 1 hour wait. After the sparge water was added I started heating the 1st few gallons of wort while I waited on the 15 minute sparge - I added the rest of the wort to the pot and we had the hot break pretty soon afterwards.

The burner / 10 Gallon pot combo heats extremely fast - plus - when we chilled the wort it took about 15 minutes - It was below freezing out side and the water was very cold going into the chiller. The carboy was already sanitized so we went straight in. 1 pot to clean, 1 bucket and a mash tun - into the tub to ferment and then to our favorite burger-n-beer joint for lunch!

Thanks for the reply!

Whoo-Hooo - I have little baby bubbles coming out of my airlock... :rockin:

 

[Orfy]

I don't want to here this.

How come you can finish in 4.5 hrs, when it still takes me 6 - 7 hrs after 15 years practice?


Congrats!

-a.

I've Just started a thread.

 

[Orfy]

Great Video, totally OTT in production and music but still good to watch.

 

[Hops-4-Life]

It's been 18 hours since I pitched the yeast and it's looking good! It's holding at 66 Degrees. Man, this is an awesome hobby!

 

[Brewiz]

Oh Grass-Hoppy I told it would happen. One has to wait for the good things in life......

 

[Dude]

Kick ass vid man! Loved the music selections....

What did you guys drink at the very beginning in those little glass bottles?

 

[Brewiz]

Kick ass vid man! Loved the music selections....

What did you guys drink at the very beginning in those little glass bottles?

They were miniature bottles of Makers Mark whiskey (at 9 in the morning:cross: )

 

[The Pol]

Makers Mark wasnt it? He he, great vid and great music... Congrats!

The Pol