All Grain Newbie

[mctoon]

Thank you all for all the responses, info, and good gen, cant wait now for the delivery of the gear, good thing is there is enough grain to make an arse of the the first brew,, but hopefully, bye to the Wherry kits!!!!!,,,.........................,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,maybe not, cant beat a good pint of Wherry

Cheers Mal

Coming soon from the mctoon brewing house,,,,,," If Morrisey can do it so can i, Blonde Ale"

[softlad]

How is it that the bargains are never around when I'm on the look out ?

Snatch his hand off !

As for continuing with Wherry. I was a big fan and have drunk at least three times my fair share of the stuff.
I kegged my first AG brew last night and followed this with a couple of pints of Wherry. The aroma and flavour of my AG brew is already streets ahead of the Wherry, if a little raw. Kit beers hold no interest for me (and thats before I taste the first conditioned pint of AG)

[mctoon]

Delivery of all the gear, 3rd Dec,,,,,,, sorry for another dumb question,,,, cooling the wort?. is it esential, or can i leave it to cool overnight before pitching the yeast, as i dont think im getting a wort chiller

Cheers Mal

[Garth]

leaving it overnight or sticking it in a bath of cold water will work fine, quite a few folk do it that way, a chiller can be sorted later on, a immersion chilller can be manufactured quite cheaply.

[pokerswazi]

you have scored my friend, cheap kit and piles of grain. every weekend will be busy for the whole of winter. i was going to post an idiots guide to A.G. brewing but everything you need is right here in these pages. you must photo and post your brewday, i'd love to see the smile on your face when you are done...

[mctoon]

Again, another dumb question!!!!,

is there a vast diffence in taste and quality of all grain and kits?,, or does all grain taste better as you make it yourself?

Cheers Mal

[Northern Brewer]

Again, another dumb question!!!!,

is there a vast diffence in taste and quality of all grain and kits?,, or does all grain taste better as you make it yourself?

Cheers Mal

There is no comparison. All grain tastes better than most of the beer you've ever tasted at all

[Parva]

Seconded. There is just no comparison to kits whatsoever and the stuff I'm producing is certainly good enough to have its own pump in a Wetherspoons bar if not better!

[Robdog]

get yourself round then robdog, if you're anywhere near..

Im miles away in the MIdlands mate but thats for the offer anyway i appreciate it.

[prolix]

bye to the Wherry kits!!!!!,,,.........................,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,maybe not, cant beat a good pint of Wherry

Mal once you brewed a wherry clone yourself you will wonder why you ever thought the Wherry kits tasted good, I did a whery kit again a few months ago when the brewery was out of action, never again.

[J_P]

is there a vast diffence in taste and quality of all grain and kits?,, or does all grain taste better as you make it yourself?

There is no comparison, simple as that it's like comparing a kit beer to one you'd buy in the pub.

Home brewed AG beer can be world class, my mate Pete brewed the original Rivet Catcher (Jarrow) in his kitchen in Yorkshire and that went on to win the Silver medal at the GBBF and continues to win awards to this day . What's even better is that I've beaten him to the shortlist of three beers for "beer of the year" in our brewing group competition and I learned to brew right here at Jim's place.

For £150 I'd snap his arm off, give it a whirl you'll never look back.

[mctoon]

Delivery of all the gear, 3rd Dec,,,,,,,

IS IT DECEMBER YET!!!!!!!!,,,,, IM ITCHING TO GO!!!!!

[mctoon]

Gutted,

Getting the gear on 4th Dec, just recieved a letter from Northumberland water to say they are doing improvements from 24th Nov - 19 Dec, , warning of potential discolursation etc,,,

Need some water treatment ideas?

Cheers Mal

[Parva]

That's easy, buy 2 litre bottles of value water at Tesco's / Asda etc, around 17p per bottle.

[mctoon]

Hi all, getting ready foy the delivery of the equipment ,,,

ive read numerous posts, you tube videos ect, but im still a little confused,,, so bear with a newbie all grain brewer,,,,

its the batch sparging that that gets me,,,,

After the Mash with about 9l water,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,60/90 mins

Do i run of the resulting 7L of wort to the boiler before i add the 1st batch of sparge water? or do i add the approx 9l of sparge water to the tun , then the 2nd lot of batch spage,,,, obviously. the whole, 25/30L of water are not going to fit in the mash tun at the same time,,,,,,

Cheers Mal