Brewing an FES

[Leann ull]

10 mins

[Leann ull]

20 mins

[molc]

Nice write up. Long brew day though you mention you underlet the mash so there are no dough balls. Do you just pump in through the bottom valve and then stir or how do you do it?

Also I switched over to a bag in the ash run about 4 batches ago and never looked back. Cleanup is easier and you can have a very fine mill setting without worrying about clogging.

[Leann ull]

Ok switched off after 22 mins chilling she's reading 22 now and I loose 2-3 in transfer to glass and letting her sit there for 15 mins so the trub from whirlpool can settle into a nice cone

[Leann ull]

Ok into the Carboys and blow offs set, temp in the redneck fermentation chamber set to 19.

Because it's so cold in the garage as well as the 60w bar heater top right and fan bottom right I also supplement with a carboy wrap not fixed just loose to provide additional heat source.

[Leann ull]

Time for clean up



I'm gonna be all night at those elements

[Leann ull]

One came up alright, the second one needs a soak




Citric acid lemon juice or starsan will get them both shining again

[Leann ull]

All done and everything away clean and shiny, that part of the brewday is as important as the brewing!

[Leann ull]

Nice write up. Long brew day though you mention you underlet the mash so there are no dough balls. Do you just pump in through the bottom valve and then stir or how do you do it?

Normally when I'm looking for 50l, I can get away with one big mash for a 5 percenter but not with a 10 percent monster and 11kgs of grain per batch, so it does make the day drag a bit but with such big mashes and boils I was fluting around doing other stuff.

On the under letting I saw it on another forum and tried it, I can fill from the bottom through the valve without any stirring and get no dough balls, but not from the top! weird I know, I still give it a stir just to be sure, I used to pump but now just gravity feed.

[Leann ull]

Irish Ale is a demon to go, a good starter helps, just over 12 hours and she's coming out the blow off, she will be done in a week but I'll leave her at least 3 to clean up then a crash cool for 3-4 days and into a keg

[DEMPSEY]

So you split the grain bill for the recipe and did two mashes then all into one boil yes

[Leann ull]

Yep grainfatheresque except each grain bill was 11kgs
Boiled for 90 mins to hit the number, once I knew I was on track I added 60 min hops as I'm watching gravity through the boil and obviously 75l takes a lot of grunt

[molc]

Nice. Yeah I tried under letting once but the grain just floated. Will give it another go next batch though, as it should cut down on dust a bit.

[Damofto]

What are you using for the return on the herms into the mash tun, been trying to come up with a plan for this myself?

[Leann ull]

Machine gun now
Important to throw an occasional eye on it just to make sure no blockages in blow off as otherwise you could have a right mess