First All Grain

[Tubbster85]

Brewed my first all grain today. It was one of the 3 gallon BIAB kits from NB. I used my 7.5 gallon turkey frying pot to mash in and it worked very well. I had a little trouble holding a steady temp, but I expected that because I didn't insulate it and the pot was too tall to fit in my oven. Had a little leak on my IC, which I'm sure is fine because the wort was still at over 170f. The only thing that worried me was a little fly landed on the aerated wort/foam while I was pitching my yeast. So without thinking, I reached in, scooped it out of the foamed up wort on the top and got it out. I'm sure it'll be fine, but I thought I would share my first all grain experience. My OG is 1.056 and the kit calls for 1.060, which I can attribute to a higher volume of wort left at the end of the boil. All in all a very fun experience!

 

[aarong]

Your beer will come out great you are very close to your OG. Don't worry about the fly unless you tell your friends.

 

[Tubbster85]

My friends were there watching me try to swat the fly away, so they know it flew in there, but they thought it was funny and will still drink it!

 

[TapeDeck]

Right on. I figure I've eaten more than my share of bugs via McDonalds.

I just started all grain brewing as well... honestly, I thought it would be significantly harder. It's only more time consuming. If one has the space for the gear and the space to brew, it's clearly the thing to do... so much more flexibility with flavors than extract or partial mash.

 

[Tubbster85]

Yeah it's not much different, especially with BIAB. I have a 10Gal Rubbermaid MT that I'm going to use next for a pumpkin ale.