Did my first all grain brew this weekend. It was such a pleasant rush to get everything done perfectly. It turned out to be a big learning curve, but I'm looking forward to this journey.
Made a Blonde Ale and things seemed to be going well, well till the real action started hahaha.
I screwed up my water quantity, lost count of how much I put in. The reason is that when I put the grains in the basket, I saw the legs were too tall and the grains weren't fully submerged. Added some water to cover the grains and then all seemed to go well. Tested gravity and completely forgot to temp correct the readings. Ended up with a slightly higher gravity and thought I screwed up with the water quantity, so put some more water.
Completely forgot about the Irish moss I bought.
All in all a very eventful brew with lots of lessons learned. Cooled the wort in my urn overnight and tested the sg in the morning to realise I'm over the sg worked out at 70%. Was supposed to be 1.038 and ended up at 1.040. This was supposed to be a 23L batch, but I filled my fermenter to 25L and there is probably another 1L left.
It was really a fun brew, even with all the mistakes. So I ordered the same grains to try again. This time I'll prepare better and hopefully do better. So glad I got the first one done with reasonable success. Can't wait for the next brew day
Made a Blonde Ale and things seemed to be going well, well till the real action started hahaha.
I screwed up my water quantity, lost count of how much I put in. The reason is that when I put the grains in the basket, I saw the legs were too tall and the grains weren't fully submerged. Added some water to cover the grains and then all seemed to go well. Tested gravity and completely forgot to temp correct the readings. Ended up with a slightly higher gravity and thought I screwed up with the water quantity, so put some more water.
Completely forgot about the Irish moss I bought.
All in all a very eventful brew with lots of lessons learned. Cooled the wort in my urn overnight and tested the sg in the morning to realise I'm over the sg worked out at 70%. Was supposed to be 1.038 and ended up at 1.040. This was supposed to be a 23L batch, but I filled my fermenter to 25L and there is probably another 1L left.
It was really a fun brew, even with all the mistakes. So I ordered the same grains to try again. This time I'll prepare better and hopefully do better. So glad I got the first one done with reasonable success. Can't wait for the next brew day
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