AG #3 Tonight!!

[Ó Flannagáin]

Brewing this monster tonight! I'll try and take lots of pics and update this thread!

 

[zoebisch01]

Woohoo! Have fun.

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

I work from home, so like, every 45 minutes or so I've been sneaking into the kitchen and smelling my grains.... am I sick?

 

[zoebisch01]

I work from home, so like, every 45 minutes or so I've been sneaking into the kitchen and smelling my grains.... am I sick?

Hehe, that'll probably pass after some more batches . Sick, not at all. I still love the smell from the airlock.

 

[sAvAgE]

Brewing this monster tonight! I'll try and take lots of pics and update this thread!

How big of a batch will this make you think?

Sorry now doing investigation for my next batch

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Gonna be about 5.5 gals... If I want 7.5%. At least that's what beersmith says. I'm still new at this, my last two AG's I was short abou 3/4 gal, gonna do some tweaks and hopefully get it just right this time.

 

[sAvAgE]

Sweet Nice Job. Thanks for your prompt response have fun brewing

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Heatin up that strike water now damn turkey fryer makes this wayyyyy easier.

 

[Willsellout]

Heatin up that strike water now damn turkey fryer makes this wayyyyy easier.

damn, nice to have the day off I'm at work slaving for the man...
I think I'm going to take a couple days off this next week to relax and brew again.


Dan

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Jeeez, bit of a catastrophe tonight. Starting the boil now, so at least I have some beer.

Had a stuck mash... how, I stirred to hard and part of my manifold came apart, I knew I should've sealed it better, but it worked so well for my first 2 ags.

I decided, I had to save this beer, so I began my attempt to dump it from a 10 gal cooler into a bucket, so I could fix my manifold... well, I managed to dump a bit of wort and about 1/8th of my grains on the ground

I fixed my manifold, dumped what I still had back into the cooler and the sparge went well.



... man, what a crappy brewnight. Gonna have to fix up my manifold a bit better before the next one. A lesson learned for sure. Pics to come soon, some will probably make you cry.

 

[BierMuncher]

Gonna have to fix up my manifold a bit better before the next one. A lesson learned for sure. Pics to come soon, some will probably make you cry.

SeeFresh,

I don't do a brew without this $1.50 device. My manifold drains in no time now. Even with my last batch of 50% flaked wheat.

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

That's exactly what I need to do BeirMuncher. Is that nylon?

 

[Cheesefood]

Is that your face in the lower right hand corner, or did the Burger King show up out of nowhere?

 

[BierMuncher]

Is that your face in the lower right hand corner, or did the Burger King show up out of nowhere?

Heh heh. A pro photographer I'm not. Welcome back Cheese.

Yeah Seefresh, it's nylon. It's a one gallon paintstrainer you get at Lowes...$3.00 for a two pack. THey also have 5 gallon size that I sometimes use around my wort chiller to siphon out of a trub heavy pot.

Here's another use for the nylon bag...straining dry hops.

 

[boo boo]

Only thing I have to say is " Man that's a lot of black and chocolate malt"