Grains used on this brew.
All mixed in now, hit a mash temp of 66.5c.
Nice & cosy for 90 mins.
Hlt with thermostat heating the sparge water.
Hops, yeast & whirlflock at the ready.
Getting set up for the sparging.
Collecting the wort from the mash tun, straight into the boiler. This is a nice deep brown colour & it smells great!
3 tier set up in action.
A close up of the spinny sparger in action.
Coming to the boil.
Full steam ahead now, time to add the 1st batch of hops & switch one of the elements off.
Cooling the wort.
Areating & adding the yeast.
All done, lid fitted loosely & temperature strip fitted over the handled to keep an eye on the room temp
I estimated an og of 1048 on this one, I ended up with 1047 & just below 24 litres.
While that is doing its job, it is time for my 1st cuppa & cornflakes.
