Today is the day I pop my cherry!

[neggs]

Morning everyone!

Delivery man has dropped off my H&G 10 gal kit and ive just left the mash to stand for an hour. Smells bloody lovely!

Everything seems pretty straight forward so far Hardest bit was trying to get 67-69c all over the mash tub! I think ive come close though

I'll check it in an hour and top up with hot water if needed for a further 30 mins. Then onto sparging! This part could be more tricky?

I'll update as the day goes on...

[haz66]

Good luck with your first brew, the first one is always the most daunting

[jamesb]

Good luck neggs, have fun and welcome to the dark side. You won't look back.

[neggs]

Cheers! Ive just blown my downstairs sockets a few times plugging in the twin boiler! I may have to run it off the one element today until I sort it out

This is what im making today...

4kg Pale Malt
200g crystal *optional
60g goldings/fuggles full boil
20g goldings/fuggles last 15 mins
20g goldings/fuggles steep.
SO4 yeast

Two Quick question ...

1. For sparging (until i get a read below 1010), do I need to use warm water to sparge with?

2. When I get the wart into the boiler, what is the best way to measure the 27l's i need? There are no measure marking on any of the equipment.

Cheers!

[jamesb]

Cheers! Ive just blown my downstairs sockets a few times plugging in the twin boiler! I may have to run it off the one element today until I sort it out

You really need to run each element off a different physical socket (i.e. not both off the same double socket).

Two Quick question ...
1. For sparging (until i get a read below 1010), do I need to use warm water to sparge with?

Yep. Roughly just below 80degC. You could go down to 1006.

2. When I get the wart into the boiler, what is the best way to measure the 27l's i need? There are no measure marking on any of the equipment.

Measure 27l of water with a jug before you transfer the wort and mark it with a pen?

[delboy]

Have a good one

Are you running both elements from the same twin socket?

[neggs]

You really need to run each element off a different physical socket (i.e. not both off the same double socket).

Tried that, but still kept blowing. i'll look into it later...

Measure 27l of water with a jug before you transfer the wort and mark it with a pen?

Sorted! I love simple solutions!

Cheers.

[jamesb]

You really need to run each element off a different physical socket (i.e. not both off the same double socket).

Tried that, but still kept blowing. i'll look into it later...

What's tripping - the MCB or the RCD?

[adm]

Good luck with it - have a great brewday!

[neggs]

What's tripping - the MCB or the RCD?

MCB? Switch on my main board. I simply switch it back to "on" and away I go again.

Mash after an hour still smelling yum yum! Temp dropped to 65c, now back up to 68-69c for another 30 mins.

ive got some water warming in the boiler now for the sparging

[ade1865]

good luck mate, its the best hobby ever. Can take all day but even when things go wrong it still a lot of fun, and very rewarding.

[jamesb]

What's tripping - the MCB or the RCD?

MCB? Switch on my main board. I simply switch it back to "on" and away I go again.

Sounds like an MCB. Can you see a 16 or 32 written on it somewhere?

Mash after an hour still smelling yum yum! Temp dropped to 65c, now back up to 68-69c for another 30 mins.

ive got some water warming in the boiler now for the sparging

[/quote]

65c would have been ok, it's what I mash at most of the time. But horses for courses

Good to hear it's going well.

[neggs]

Sounds like an MCB. Can you see a 16 or 32 written on it somewhere?

The switch has a B32 on it. I do have LOADS running off sockets downstairs! Not sure if this makes a difference?

Cheers.

[jamesb]

Sounds like an MCB. Can you see a 16 or 32 written on it somewhere?

The switch has a B32 on it. I do have LOADS running off sockets downstairs! Not sure if this makes a difference?

Cheers.

It will do. It's a 32 amp ring circuit, each element will take just over 10 amps. If you've got a lot of other stuff running at the same time I doubt it can handle it.

I suspect you've got another ring circuit (upstairs?) that you may be able to use for the second element.

[neggs]

I suspect you've got another ring circuit (upstairs?) that you may be able to use for the second element.

Worth a try. Cheers James.