Another notch, First AG today

[MikeG]

Brewed my first AG, Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale. My OG was 1.047, a few points below the expected 1.051 using the FlyGuy 10 Gal cooler.

I didn't stir my mash-out water into the grains, other than that have no idea what else I didn't do correctly so felt everything went smooth. My mash temp ended up being 151F, my grains had been in a cooler that morning so might have drug it down slightly.

I ended up just below the 5 gal mark at pitch time, probably close to 4.9 gal, didn't add any top-off water. I kept a close eye on my boil so no boil-overs, didn't use any anti-foam drops either. Not sure about the hot break...I got lots of foam and I would reduce heat just as the foam would crest the top to prevent boil-overs. I ended up with a nice rolling boil just had to keep tweaking it.

Just wanted to thank all at HBT for all the info and inspiration to get me this far.

 

[BeezBrew]

Wow, i could write this exact same post next weekend, my first AG will also be EdWorts pale ale. Good to hear it went well, hopefully mine goes the same.

 

[pkpdogg]

Congrats! Glad to hear everything went smoothly. Planning out the next one yet?

 

[StoutFan]

Well, another notch on the old belt. 151, no boil overs, 1.047, not bad for the first go round. Now you know what to tweak. Congrats!

 

[MikeG]

Congrats! Glad to hear everything went smoothly. Planning out the next one yet?

Sure do, Bee Cave Brewery IPA. Keeping it simple with tried and true recipes for my batches until I nail the process down.

Time to go back and watch the Bobby M video's again, learned a lot from them after doing a mini-mash and I'm sure I'll catch something else to improve my efficiency.

 

[nebben]

Dude, MikeG, I also did my first AG this Saturday, with the same recipe, also used a 10G round cooler, and also hit below the recipe's OG. Still a lot of fun though I thought! Right OONNN

 

[Brewmasters Warehouse]

Congrats MikeG on joining the all grain club.

Get yourself some 5.2 to use in the mash and your efficiency will jump right up. Everyone I have talked to in the ATL area has always had a nice 5-10% increase in efficiency after using 5.2.

 

[MikeG]

Got home today and noticed my temps were around 72 so put it in a bucket of water/ice. The yeasties seem to be having a good old time, looks like a tornado is going off in the carboy.

I'm looking forward to fine tuning with 5.2 and the other stuff I mentioned, looking forward to my new brew on Sat.

 

[CharlosCarlies]

Get yourself some 5.2 to use in the mash and your efficiency will jump right up.

I'm not in ATL, but I noticed the same. 5.2 rocks!