Well... It's alive! Some may have peeked at my build thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=582004 and even if you haven't... I have had to sort through several issues, mainly electrical but that has been done and, well this brew day went really great! I will still have to sort out my "rig" so that I know what kind of losses I will have so that I can adjust volumes and grains appropriately but overall I'm happy with how it went.
Started out with 8.25 gallons of water, - had a 15.25# grain bill - after the mash I had 7.14 gallons and after the boil/chilling - including water trapped in the CF chiller and other lines I ended up with just north of 5 gallons of wort before pumping to the fermenter. Just right at 5 gallons in the fermenter.
I boiled for 60 minutes in a 16 gallon Bayou Classic kettle. I planned for about 1,25 gallon boil off but I think it was north of 1.75. I had my PID set at 65% power but could have dropped that maybe to 60% and saved a little boil off...anyone??
But... Brewers friend showed my OG calculated efficiency at 77.36% which I'm stoked about considering this was my first batch All Grain and with a new rig!
This is a 10 Barrel Brewing Joe IPA clone... we will see how it turns out in a few weeks!
Thanks for all the help getting up and running!
Don
Primary: Joe IPA clone
Secondary: nothing
Bottled: Oatmeal Stout, APA and Rye IPA
(Less than! 2 cases of homebrew left...gotta get this rig up and running!)
Started out with 8.25 gallons of water, - had a 15.25# grain bill - after the mash I had 7.14 gallons and after the boil/chilling - including water trapped in the CF chiller and other lines I ended up with just north of 5 gallons of wort before pumping to the fermenter. Just right at 5 gallons in the fermenter.
I boiled for 60 minutes in a 16 gallon Bayou Classic kettle. I planned for about 1,25 gallon boil off but I think it was north of 1.75. I had my PID set at 65% power but could have dropped that maybe to 60% and saved a little boil off...anyone??
But... Brewers friend showed my OG calculated efficiency at 77.36% which I'm stoked about considering this was my first batch All Grain and with a new rig!
This is a 10 Barrel Brewing Joe IPA clone... we will see how it turns out in a few weeks!
Thanks for all the help getting up and running!
Don
Primary: Joe IPA clone
Secondary: nothing
Bottled: Oatmeal Stout, APA and Rye IPA
(Less than! 2 cases of homebrew left...gotta get this rig up and running!)