Observations from my First All-Grain

[Dude]

muchos gracias senors

edit: one more 'stupid' mash/sparge question - everything i've read (havent tried an AG brew session *yet*) says when you begin the sparge you run the first couple pints out until it clears and recirculate that first bit back into the mash/lauder tun .... does this mean that the liquor/wort is actually *clear* or just clear of sediment.... i would think cuz of all the sugars it couldn't possibly be *clear* clear, but then again, that's why i ask

Yeah, free of sediment. Its called "vorlaufing".

 

[cap46]

I have been lucky that when I do a batch it happens to be trash day. They don't show up till after lunch so I dump them into a trash bag and let them deal with it.

 

[Brewsmith]

My last brew day took about 5 hours including cleanup, but I'm only doing a partial mash, or better stated, and all-grain recipe with three lbs. of DME subsituted for 5 lbs. of base malt. This was my second batch using my newly built mash/lauter tun. My handmade imersion chiller gets the 3.5 gallons or so down to temp in less than a half hour. My problem with the spent grain wasn't the flies but the ants. Amazing how they find that stuff fast.

 

[McCall St. Brewer]

Newbie question: what's an AHS kit?

Regarding the spent grain: if you have a yard, just mix it in the dirt in the garden or around some shrubs. It will make great compost.

 

[ScottT]

Newbie question: what's an AHS kit?

Regarding the spent grain: if you have a yard, just mix it in the dirt in the garden or around some shrubs. It will make great compost.

AHS = "Austin Homebrew Supply"?

 

[ryser2k]

ding ding ding! you win!