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Decided to brew an IPA today and update as I go along.
I am currently 50 mins into and 90 mash and so far so good.
Here are a few pics so far.
The refractometer reading is from 30 mins into the mash.
I only carry out longer mashes because I carry out no sparge pretty much every time I brew.

More pics.

I can't seem to figure out how to post multiple pics in one reply lol

Pre boil after 30 mins

Looks good. Does the BrewMonk not heat up at the bottom that much? I was just surprised to see it being used directly on your floor.

Not had any problems with it in the floor so far, the base is pretty much cold.
Just done a mash out, now waiting for the grain basket to drain........... SLOWLY lol

Waiting for grain basket to drain.

Coming up to the boil and adding 1st hope, 25 grams of Magnum

Nice to see a brew day documented

I am far too clumsy to risk brewing next to the sofa!

I brew in the conservatory, sofa is for decoration as nobody ever sits on it, especially these days.
Wish the wife would let me have a bar in here instead lol

So I have to different pre boil gravities, hydro reads 1.044 and refrac read 1.040 so I'm going with 1.042.
Efficiency is down a bit from my average if 66% so far, but I'm sure will still make a tasty beer.

No idea why some of these are coming out upside down, sorry about that

10 grams of cascade and 10 grams of Centennial at 5 mins.

In goes 10gram of Citra at end of boil