First all grain - Saaz Hopped Brown Ale

[donjr721]

I have my first all grain batch in the fermenter(s). i brewed it april 13th. it took me 6 hours. I was going for a DFH Indian Brown Ale with saaz hops here is the recipe
Equipment:
10 gallon Boil kettle
12 gallon igloo cube cooler with pipe manifold for mash tun
Specs:
Batch Size: 5.500 gal
Boil Size: 6.394 gal
Boil Time: 1.000 hr
Efficiency: 75%
OG: 1.068
FG: 1.013
ABV: 7.0%
Bitterness: 35.5 IBUs (Tinseth)
Color: 23 SRM (Morey)
Ingredients:
10 lbs 2 row
1 lb Amber Malt
1/2 lb Crystal 60
1/2 lb Chocolate Malt
1 lb Caramelized Dark brown Sugar added 15 minutes remaining
Hops
All Saaz (Czech) 3.3%
2 oz First wort
1/2 oz @ 45 minutes
1 oz @ 30 minutes
3/4 oz @ 15 minutes
WL001 California Ale Yeast

1 tablet whirlfloc at 10 minutes

60 minute boil
Mashed in at 154 F for 60 minutes with 3.5 gallons @168 F
Fly Sparged 170 F 4 gallons

Collected 6.5 gallons with a preboil gravity of 1.058
I sparged again with 2.5 gallons and collected enough wort for a mini 2 gallon batch. the mini batch after boil only had an OG of 1.030. i added a pound of honey to the mini batch to up it a bit. the mini has already fermented down to 1.006 i used a full pack of nottingham dry yeast for the mini batch. i tasted the sample of the mini batch, kind of weak in body. the main batch is gonna be great.

 

[Kayos]

Looks great! Congrats.

 

[donjr721]

two weeks now, gonna bottle week after next. can't wait to taste. gonna be good. i hope i have positive results on my next all grain. i hit my numbers dead on. my home made mash tun worked great. it's a 12 gallon igloo cube cooler with a pvc pipe manifold in the bottom. i don't know what i should do for my next batch though. i am still debating.