Hey! I'm an All-grain Brewer!

[MrSaLTy]

Well I racked this to a secondary today after 14 days in primary. This 1056 yeast is very different then the other yeasts I have used before which were medium to high floccuating. This stuff just hangs on forever. I left it in primary hoping that more would settle but it really doesn't want to. My FG is at 1.012 which is right on the button. I tasted the hydro sample and it really had a toasted taste presumably from the toasted 2-row in the recipe. It was still real yeastie though. Short of filtering.... will this yeast clear better in the next couple of weeks. I hope so, but I think this is going to be my best batch yet. Cheers

 

[BlightyBrewer]

That manifold of yours is very professional looking! Those slots are more regular than a bran addicts bowel movements! Did you use a milling machine or something? Looks cool.

 

[MrSaLTy]

That manifold of yours is very professional looking! Those slots are more regular than a bran addicts bowel movements! Did you use a milling machine or something? Looks cool.

Thanks. Actually I just put the copper pieces in a vice and used a hacksaw. I just spaced them by eye. If you really looked close, you would see they are not all that evenly spaced. I just put my finger down where I wanted to cut and ran the hacksaw next to it to get a score into it and then cut.

 

[BierMuncher]

Thanks. Actually I just put the copper pieces in a vice and used a hacksaw. I just spaced them by eye. ...

That's exactly what I did. Did you have problems with the copper slipping in the vice?


...yeah, yeah...I know. I just revived a thread that's been dead nearly three years...

Just a reminder...

Hair today...

Bald tomorrow....

...and yes...

I R druck....

 

[SumnerH]

...yeah, yeah...I know. I just revived a thread that's been dead nearly three years...

Just a reminder...

Hair today...

Bald tomorrow....

...and yes...

I R druck....

Hey, judging by the typical time it takes to finish that little bit of work on these things, you probably bumped it just in time for a report on the first brew day!

 

[95747brewer]

Everyone loves pictures right? I snapped a few as I was brewing yesterday so I figured I'd post a few.....

My half-assed 3 tier system.

Sparging... wheeee!

wort collection

Wow, the first direct fire cooler type MLT I've ever seen!:cross:

 

[Thor the Mighty]