billym99
Well-Known Member
Hey everybody,
First, THANKS!... I've been reading this forum for weeks gathering knowledge about the homebrewing process. Needless to say, I probably haven't absorbed 10% of what there is to know about homebrewing, but I feel like I'm starting to understand the basics.
Today I brewed my first batch of homebrew... and yes, it was all grain. After reading, and reading, and reading, and then some more reading I felt like I had a pretty good handle on the all grain process. Built myself a mash tun (48qt. cooler with the steel braided hose process), built a wort chiller (home depot, only $30!!) and bought a turkey fryer with a 30qt. stainless steel stockpot. Also purchased a homebrewing kit from Northern Brewer that included everything else that I needed.
I brewed "Aberdeen Brown Ale", a recipe submitted to this website by "BierMuncher". I cut the recipe to a 5.5 gallon batch using BeerSmith, OG was 1.047 giving me 76.33% brewhouse efficiency according to BeerSmith. This program estimated the OG @ 1.046. Biermuncher had the estimated OG @ 1.043... not sure if the difference was cutting out the roasted barley, lowering the IBU as he suggested in a later post, etc. Any ideas??
All in all, today was fun and rewarding... I can't wait to try beer that I actually made rather then bought. Thanks again for all of the great information located on this website.
Billy M.
First, THANKS!... I've been reading this forum for weeks gathering knowledge about the homebrewing process. Needless to say, I probably haven't absorbed 10% of what there is to know about homebrewing, but I feel like I'm starting to understand the basics.
Today I brewed my first batch of homebrew... and yes, it was all grain. After reading, and reading, and reading, and then some more reading I felt like I had a pretty good handle on the all grain process. Built myself a mash tun (48qt. cooler with the steel braided hose process), built a wort chiller (home depot, only $30!!) and bought a turkey fryer with a 30qt. stainless steel stockpot. Also purchased a homebrewing kit from Northern Brewer that included everything else that I needed.
I brewed "Aberdeen Brown Ale", a recipe submitted to this website by "BierMuncher". I cut the recipe to a 5.5 gallon batch using BeerSmith, OG was 1.047 giving me 76.33% brewhouse efficiency according to BeerSmith. This program estimated the OG @ 1.046. Biermuncher had the estimated OG @ 1.043... not sure if the difference was cutting out the roasted barley, lowering the IBU as he suggested in a later post, etc. Any ideas??
All in all, today was fun and rewarding... I can't wait to try beer that I actually made rather then bought. Thanks again for all of the great information located on this website.
Billy M.