AG BIAB # 1 TT Landlord

[daf]

Hi. After 18 months of kits, I took the plunge a few days ago. Recipe was from this forum: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=53322

I've always enjoyed looking at brewday galleries so I thought I'd reciprocate...

[daf]

Maris Otter


Black Malt and hops (East Kent and Styrian)



7:30am water on to boil - took about 50 minutes to reach 74 deg celsius.

[daf]

Made the bag from some polyester voile net curtain bought in Wilkos. I actually sewed the drawstring hem myself, took hours!



Grain in for the 90 minute mash. Temp was about 68 degrees when all in and stirred.



Good use of a very fashionable fleece top.

90 minutes later, it had only dropped down to 66 degrees.

[daf]

That was VERY heavy but manageable. Long-term will be getting a calor gas boiler to do it at floor level in the garage.



Bag gets a selfie while I lift it out of the pot.



This clip was very handy. I'm please that the bag held up fine and was easy to strain out.

[daf]

Lovely liquor on for the boil.



Took about 50 minutes to get up to boiling point.



In with the bittering hops.

[daf]

Aroma hops and Irish moss for the last 15 minutes.



90 minutes after the boil started, it goes in the no-chill cube.

Bizarrely I ended up with 20 litres not the 25 I had planned for. I probably wasn't paying attention lol.

Gravity was 1.042.

[daf]

The cube was put away at 1:30, so it took about 6 hours in total, but I enjoyed it and found it a lot simpler than I had thought it would be.

Pitched Mangrove Jack Burton Union M79 yeast the next morning, this took about 48 hours wo develop anything you'd call a krausen. 3 days later its bubbling away fine.

[Chicken Dipper]

Great job and great photos well done Daf, here starts the slippery slope!!

[Chicken Dipper]

£6.25 for a bag of hops though

[daf]

I know, bonkers. Same pack is £3.35 at The Malt Miller....

[Chicken Dipper]

£2.25 at Worcester Hopshop, although The Malt Miller is awesome obv!

[Jim]

Nice first all grain brewday and nice pics!

[daf]

Thanks! Really enjoyed it and I'm planning the next one, a raspberry wheat beer....

[daf]

Ta. Would it be safe to top this FV up to 23 or 25 litres with water? I ended up with 20 litres.

[far9410]

Ta. Would it be safe to top this FV up to 23 or 25 litres with water? I ended up with 20 litres.

Yes, make sure it's been boiled first and check hydrometer readings to ensure you end up with correct gravity