Matt Foley
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Did my first AG yesterday. A few problems understanding how my new burner worked caused me alot of delay. But I think everything worked out ok. 4 questions:
1. My stove never would boil very heavy but this propane burner will. On your boil should it be just a mild boil or a full rolling boil? I lost more water than I thought I would.
2. There was a lot more break material than I realized. I transfered cool wort to bucket with auto siphon. Should you strain when you do that?
3. On the recipe. This was Northern Brewer's American Amber AG kit. It is my experience that the color of this brew is generally .. . well . . . AMBER! It came out awfully pale. The instruction sheet had the recipe as 9 lbs Rahr 2 Row Pale and 1lb. Dingemans Caravienne but on the bag of crushed grain the sticker said 1 lb Briess Caramel 20 rather than the Caravienne. Would this account for lack of amber color?
4. I have seen youtube video of people collecting runnings in their pail. This seems like a good way to calculate the gallons collected. However, when you pour to boiling kettle wouldn't you be aerating the wort? What do you do?
Thanks
1. My stove never would boil very heavy but this propane burner will. On your boil should it be just a mild boil or a full rolling boil? I lost more water than I thought I would.
2. There was a lot more break material than I realized. I transfered cool wort to bucket with auto siphon. Should you strain when you do that?
3. On the recipe. This was Northern Brewer's American Amber AG kit. It is my experience that the color of this brew is generally .. . well . . . AMBER! It came out awfully pale. The instruction sheet had the recipe as 9 lbs Rahr 2 Row Pale and 1lb. Dingemans Caravienne but on the bag of crushed grain the sticker said 1 lb Briess Caramel 20 rather than the Caravienne. Would this account for lack of amber color?
4. I have seen youtube video of people collecting runnings in their pail. This seems like a good way to calculate the gallons collected. However, when you pour to boiling kettle wouldn't you be aerating the wort? What do you do?
Thanks