Creamy Goodness Ale All Grain Brewday with pics

[Kieran the Human]

Great thread - really good way to see someone elses system - commiserations on the carboy

[Rossa]

Nice work . Great pictorial guide.

[Ciderhead]

And we are off :-)

I am thinking WLP 001 is pretty fast out of the blocks?







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[Eugene O'Brien]

Nice one John. Thanks for the masterclass

[Ciderhead]

Thanks for the comments chaps i was really trying to show non AG brewers my process, as I review pics I didn't put enough info in places and it's fine if you already know AG but some of it is a bit fragmented and although I know my own 1,2,3 and can do it in my sleep, still a bit tricky to take pics and continue the brew.

One of these days I am going to trot into TOG, video it and put it in YouTube


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[Shane Phelan]

I love threads like this!

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[imark]

Hard to document much better that this in real time.

[Will_D]

Great post CH.

Demijohns also don't like boiling water!

[Shanna]

Hi Ciderhead,

Being the cheap opportunist that I am would you extend that offer of videoing to a suggested keg tutorial that I was trying to organise? If so would you mind updating the other thread I created.

Not to be accused of being off topic your setup looks sweet. I can't imagine how difficult it is to remember everything and also stop and photograph everything. I particularly like the bees and how you dealt with them. I take it from the smoker that your an apiarist? If so can you help in getting rid of wasps?

Shanna

Thanks for the comments chaps i was really trying to show non AG brewers my process, as I review pics I didn't put enough info in places and it's fine if you already know AG but some of it is a bit fragmented and although I know my own 1,2,3 and can do it in my sleep, still a bit tricky to take pics and continue the brew.

One of these days I am going to trot into TOG, video it and put it in YouTube


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[Danny(00833827)]

as someone striving to get going in AG, i find this a great description.

Many thanks

[Ciderhead]

She blew off not totally unexpectedly, probably the O2 again as there was plenty of room?



Apparently that crud that sticks on the top of the carboy can be quite bitter ( I thought it was just dried Yeast) and influence the taste of light beers as this is so will be careful moving it to secondary.

Yeast party going on still and plenty of yeast in the blowoff but this lot has served it's purpose and will be flushed when going to secondary






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[Ciderhead]

Just transferred to secondary, just sitting at 1020, two points above target confident I'll get there, tastes great, bit of a bun fight going on with the cascade and amarillo, slightly cloudy.

[newToBrew]

Thanks john - picked up a few tips there from your pics !

What's  that gravity scale - chart thingy ?

[Ciderhead]

You mean this?





Its iphone picture looking through one of these

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/0-32-Brix-Wort-SG-Specific-Gravity-Refractometer-Sugar-Wine-Beer-Fruit-/161096234681?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Food_SM&hash=item25821576b9

Handy for taking small samples throughout the boil to see that you are on track for OG and ditto in fermentation, very small sample required for mid and final gravity fermentation

more reading here
http://beersmith.com/blog/2010/11/02/how-to-use-a-refractometer-brix-and-beer-brewing/

[sub82]

Amazing set up big man!

I love the "Full cold break" pic with the camera in the reflection - very arty!