kegdawg
Well-Known Member
Yesterday I took the plunge and dove in. Made myself a tun and attempted to make a clone of EdWorts' Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale. I need some critiquing if anyone cares to help. Here is what I did.
1. Preheat tun, dough in at 164, rested around 154-153 for an hour.
2. Vorlauf, problem here, pulled probably 11 or 12 quarts and was still getting lots of flakes and debris. Could my braid be too big? Would too aggressive of a recirculation kick this up too?
3. Drained first runnings. Sparged with 4.5 gallons at 168, mixed well. Recirculated again and still pulled lots of flakes.
4. Drained to first runnings. Collected 6ish gallons. Started boil, boiled over almost instantly. Any tips here besides get a bigger pot?
5. Pre-boil gravity, 1.038...since I'm new I thought this was too low, so I added 1lb of DME.
5. At the end of the boil, cooled to 100, tried to whirlpool, didn't work at all. Lots of floaties. Post boil grav, 1.057, 6 points higher than I intended.
6. Racked to carboy, and collected only a little over 4 gallons...I guess my set up boils off 2 gallons an hour???
7. At this point I had a lot on my mind...so I didn't check the temp, forgot to aerate, and pitched the yeast. Sweet.
Not a banner day in the Dawg's brewery. Any and all criticism and advice is welcomed!
Dawg
1. Preheat tun, dough in at 164, rested around 154-153 for an hour.
2. Vorlauf, problem here, pulled probably 11 or 12 quarts and was still getting lots of flakes and debris. Could my braid be too big? Would too aggressive of a recirculation kick this up too?
3. Drained first runnings. Sparged with 4.5 gallons at 168, mixed well. Recirculated again and still pulled lots of flakes.
4. Drained to first runnings. Collected 6ish gallons. Started boil, boiled over almost instantly. Any tips here besides get a bigger pot?
5. Pre-boil gravity, 1.038...since I'm new I thought this was too low, so I added 1lb of DME.
5. At the end of the boil, cooled to 100, tried to whirlpool, didn't work at all. Lots of floaties. Post boil grav, 1.057, 6 points higher than I intended.
6. Racked to carboy, and collected only a little over 4 gallons...I guess my set up boils off 2 gallons an hour???
7. At this point I had a lot on my mind...so I didn't check the temp, forgot to aerate, and pitched the yeast. Sweet.
Not a banner day in the Dawg's brewery. Any and all criticism and advice is welcomed!
Dawg