First all-grain in the primary

[MartyB]

Made the jump this morning on my first all-grain (boiling in the snow no less).

Picked Yooper's Fizzy Yellow Beer for my first.
Using the cheap/easy 10gal rubbermaid MLT

I think I hit all my temps. My floating thermo apparently went stupid, so triple checked everything with my lab thermo, boil thermo and a digital (surprisingly all except the floater read the same)
The MLT did great. Held 150 for 75 minutes.

Ended up with 71% efficiency into the primary. My calculations going into the boil were saying 76%, so I don't know where I went wrong. But doesn't matter. I'll still have beer!

 

[Yooper]

Sounds great! It snowed here today, too, and was windy and cold. I'm planning on brewing on Tuesday or Wednesday, but I think I'll stay inside where it's (relatively) warm!

Let us know how it comes out. I love that beer- I drank one last night that I brewed early in the summer and it's still great!

 

[JohnnyO]

Hey congrats on your first AG batch, Marty!!

I can't believe its snowing! I read that the Rockies/Phillies game was postponed due to snow, and I was dumbfounded.

 

[MartyB]

Probably 1" of snow here in Des Moines. Luckily, gone quicker than it came.

Checked the brew this morning. Water bath is at 62 degrees. And it's kicking one bubble/second through the blowoff.

 

[MartyB]

Very happy I put a blowoff tube on this batch. Fermented in my 6-gal BB and it managed to creep out. Don't want to think what it may have done if I had let it ferment at normal 70 basement temps.

All finished now. Came out even drier at 1.006.
Bottling this weekend. Really looking forward to drinking this.