chainsawbrewing
Well-Known Member
went well. a little recipe concocted, trying to clone a warstiener dunkel type beer.
only issue i had was while my grains were mashing, i ran out of propane, so i had to jet down to the store down the road, and get a new tank, and run back home, get some water up to temperature for sparging while the grains were mashing. i made it in time though! my OG was calculated to be 1.054 and it turned out to be 1.057, and according to an online calculator i mashed 69.2% efficiency. i batch sparged, using a 5gallon igloo cooler for my HLT, and another 5gallon igloo cooler for my MLT.
the only thing that was really "different" than the extract brews i've done is the wort was "grainy" or "speckled" looking, lots of itty bitty peices of "stuff" in it. i'm sure it will all sink to the bottom of the fermenter, and i imagine that might even be part of what makes a "fuller" beer thru AG brewing, but it was odd to me, and unexpected. all in all thought, it really was easy, just like everybody said it would be, and i hope it turns out great! thanks to everyone on here for the help and reassurance they've given me!
brian
only issue i had was while my grains were mashing, i ran out of propane, so i had to jet down to the store down the road, and get a new tank, and run back home, get some water up to temperature for sparging while the grains were mashing. i made it in time though! my OG was calculated to be 1.054 and it turned out to be 1.057, and according to an online calculator i mashed 69.2% efficiency. i batch sparged, using a 5gallon igloo cooler for my HLT, and another 5gallon igloo cooler for my MLT.
the only thing that was really "different" than the extract brews i've done is the wort was "grainy" or "speckled" looking, lots of itty bitty peices of "stuff" in it. i'm sure it will all sink to the bottom of the fermenter, and i imagine that might even be part of what makes a "fuller" beer thru AG brewing, but it was odd to me, and unexpected. all in all thought, it really was easy, just like everybody said it would be, and i hope it turns out great! thanks to everyone on here for the help and reassurance they've given me!
brian