wooo whooo...

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my first all grain...

i learned a lot... like... how i dont know dick about brewing first off... second... that i need a huge ass pot... this 6 gallon pot isnt going to cut it...

i also learned that gravity is my friend... and my worst ****ing enemy...

i realized that since i will be making a beer sculpture soon... i know how i want mine set up now... but i think i am going to run out of money in the process hahahahahahah

i found out that if they say the final gravity should be 1.085... that means this **** is going to be super sweet... and black as **** hahahhahahahah(its a chocolate beer what should i have suspected)

well... aside from the fact that it was only 1.065 as a final gravity.... i think i did pretty damn good...

i didnt have anything to test the acidity of the water... so thats against me

i didnt have a very good drain for my mash tun... since all of them are sold out at the two stores that will deliver to my military address here in japan... so that was against me

i didnt have my beer sculpture finished since the guy who is helping me build it is literally building a car from scratch... this thing looks just like the arial atom... but hes using a miata subframe and motor and drive train so its going to be a miata that weighs like 500 pounds less hhahahahahahah so having to use a stool on top of my counter top to create a 3 tier system ... that was against me hahahahahahahah

but... i think its going to turn out fine

well... at least i am learning right...

 

[ArcaneXor]

Congratulations!

You don't necessarily need a larger pot to brew all-grain. It's certainly not ideal, but I do just fine doing a 5-gal boil in my 5.5-gal kettle for now. Just takes some slight adjustments to the recipe since you lose a few percent of efficiency (thicker mashes, less sparge volume) and hop utilization (slightly more concentrated boil). And foam control is, of course, a must!

 

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Congratulations!

You don't necessarily need a larger pot to brew all-grain. It's certainly not ideal, but I do just fine doing a 5-gal boil in my 5.5-gal kettle for now. Just takes some slight adjustments to the recipe since you lose a few percent of efficiency (thicker mashes, less sparge volume) and hop utilization (slightly more concentrated boil). And foam control is, of course, a must!

hahahaha... i bet

 

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as soon as the primary is done in a few days... i will post up the images of me adding the chocolate nibs...

 

[wonderbread23]

Looks good. I'm guessing 1.065 was your original gravity (OG)? Final gravity is a measurement taken post fermentation. A 1.065 FG beer would be good on waffles, and that's about it.

 

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Looks good. I'm guessing 1.065 was your original gravity (OG)? Final gravity is a measurement taken post fermentation. A 1.065 FG beer would be good on waffles, and that's about it.

yeah... i did the brewing yesterday... so i meant original gravity...

but i tested it before i boiled and after i boiled... so my brain used the words final gravity...

before i boiled it was not much lighter... only a few points...and i think i only lost about a 1/4 to a half gallon of water during boil... so thats not bad

 

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i forgot to post this picture...

it makes it look even more appetizing...

man... thats pretty thick for only being 1.065

 

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just checked... its already at 1.015

as soon as it gets down to 1.010 im adding the chocolate... which will probably be tomorrow...

anyone think there is a problem with just adding it and not changing over to a secondary and not removing the yeast... i read the article about john palmer and the other beer guy and secondaries... and how they arent really needed.... but i am curious if it will make a different when adding the chocolate nibs...

i have seen people add fruit with yeast from the primary and never really transfered over to the secondary... but the fruit has sugar in it so it is helpful... but there really isnt any sugar in the nibs... just flavor...

so anyone got ideas on which is better... and why

 

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well i added chocolate over a week ago... and i am going to let it sit a few more days... (it says 1 to 3 weeks in secondary) so i figure two weeks in chocolate

 

[cheesecake]

Want to post the recipe? And congrats on the first all grain...

 

[bullinachinashop]

You should add a piece of tubing to your mash tun drain. The hot wort should not be splashing around. Research hot side aeration.
No worries as I'm sure this batch will dissapear quickly.

Bull

 

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its an all grain kit from more beer

http://morebeer.com/view_product/18424/102191/Jamils_Chocolate_Hazelnut_Porter-_All_Grain_Advanced

 

[thezepster]

looks delicious hahahahahha

 

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well... i do live tasting ... threw out the beer fermintation process... and i just transfered it out of the secondary... simply cause it was at the gravity i wanted 1010 ...

so i added the hazelnut... and wow..

im hooked

 

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the hazelnut in this beer will settle ALOT... and become very faint... and this beer turns out to be a very very smooth stout... i loved it... and its probably not going to last very long