brew day...... centennial sexyness allgrain (pic heavy)

[Beerbuddha]

brewday centennial sexyness

[Ciderhead]

Bells two hearted ale, Centennial all the way apart from a little cascade and centennial DHing, entering into Nationals and will be curious what judges comment

[Beerbuddha]

Just figuring out the photo upload system so it might take like....forever. Getting equipment ...recipe...yeast starter ready , one step at a time. I used 100g lme with 1 litre boiled..colled water. Added wlp002 and bunged it all into ferment fridge.

[Beerbuddha]

It just picked it as its close to ingrediants i have in store. Im not good enough for any comps yet maybe in few years

[Beerbuddha]

Just quick run threw my set up pics allways good

[Beerbuddha]

grain sorted and ready for crushing in the morning....100g husks for mash also

[Beerbuddha]

I think im ready for brewday. I have brewed this recipe few weeks back and it was good but i have a well and water is hard as nails so i  had my water tested before xmass and want to brew this beers again and see what the difference is after water is treated. Any tips or comments welcome

[Ciderhead]

We all talk to ourselves on here!
@#4 If it tastes ok enter it.
There were some absolute shit beers entered last year that scored 13, but those beers got feedback to allow the brewer to come back and brew good beer, the competition is being run to allow members beers improve year on year.
Enter your beer!

[Beerbuddha]

Its the next step for sure. Taught i might join a local club and if i dont poison any of those guys im good to go i'd hate to kill a judge and ruin everyone elses competition day 

[Beerbuddha]

crs added to liquor and pics of ph before and after. I used to add 5.2 before i knew my water make up and i read that this only made my water mineral content worse. With ph strips at the time i also noticed no difference in ph

[Beerbuddha]

ph gone down

[Beerbuddha]

pre-heated mashtun with hot liquor via sparge arm help clean and particles i missed and flush to drain. I have temp controller on liquor tank help me get correct temp but most handy thing is i can leave it and no fear of boil over if im gone to long or over shoot target temp

[Dr Jacoby]

You probably already know this but it's the pH of the mash that's important, not the pH of the strike water. Have you calculated that when the grains and water are mixed the pH will settle at about 5.2/3?

[Will_D]

Its the next step for sure. Taught i might join a local club and if i dont poison any of those guys im good to go i'd hate to kill a judge and ruin everyone elses competition day 

Don't worry about that We all sign a legal disclaimer exonorating BJCP and the competitors!

BTW: What is the Density Meter you refer to?

[Beerbuddha]

lol love it
Getting to that.... pics worth thousand words ! (density metre )
got hops to weight all go here...PANIC