Many thanks to the all grain crew!

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grapetograin

Many thanks to the all grain crew!

Post by grapetograin » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:32 pm

Just a quick post to say thanks for all the tips and advice gleaned over the past couple of months on this forum. We went ahead with our very first all grain ( first beer in fact!) brew a few weeks ago. We are now the proud owners of about 30 pints of 6X clone, and very nice it is too. In fact we just can't get over how good it is despite many beginners errors. We ended up with less than anticipated, but that was due to calc errors, think we have them in hand now. Just started a Theakstons best clone on Tuesday, still a little short on length, but we are hitting the SG pretty well.
Thanks again :D
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delboy

Post by delboy » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:30 pm

Well done G2G, you can't beat the taste of a hand crafted beer :D
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Wez

Post by Wez » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:49 pm

Nice work 8) Good innit!
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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:54 pm

Welcome aboard the grain train 8)
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prolix

Post by prolix » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:47 pm

I love 6X a great beer what reciepe did you use?

I use

3.9kg maris
0.13 kg crystal
0.35kg golden syrup (after 30mins in boil)
60g fuggles 90mins
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SteveD

Re: Many thanks to the all grain crew!

Post by SteveD » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:56 am

grapetograin wrote:Just a quick post to say thanks for all the tips and advice gleaned over the past couple of months on this forum. We went ahead with our very first all grain ( first beer in fact!) brew a few weeks ago.
Excellent! :D

But, check out the bold. First beer is a mashed beer! Never mind kits or extracts - these people, as beginners, went straight to the top of the shop from the outset. That takes some doing, and deserves a =D> =D> =D>

The other thing is that it highlights the value of Jim's site. The brewing pages plus the wealth of pooled knowledge on the forum have not only achieved what many brewing books fail to do - encourage people to mash - but instilled the confidence to go straight to it without bothering to do kits or extract brews first. Nice one, Jim et al. :D
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Post by iowalad » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:58 am

Sounds like you have been bitten by the bug. Some nice beers your cloning there.
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prodigal2

Re: Many thanks to the all grain crew!

Post by prodigal2 » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:33 am

SteveD wrote:
grapetograin wrote:Just a quick post to say thanks for all the tips and advice gleaned over the past couple of months on this forum. We went ahead with our very first all grain ( first beer in fact!) brew a few weeks ago.
Excellent! :D

But, check out the bold. First beer is a mashed beer! Never mind kits or extracts - these people, as beginners, went straight to the top of the shop from the outset. That takes some doing, and deserves a =D> =D> =D>

The other thing is that it highlights the value of Jim's site. The brewing pages plus the wealth of pooled knowledge on the forum have not only achieved what many brewing books fail to do - encourage people to mash - but instilled the confidence to go straight to it without bothering to do kits or extract brews first. Nice one, Jim et al. :D
I could not say it better SteveD. Nice one G2G =D> =D> =D>
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:39 am

I've never made a kit either and started straight in with a full mash beer. The first one was crap but it got better once I figured out how to use everything properly :wink:

I think I've made one extract beer in the last ten years (I have used extract to boost OG in barley wines though).
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SteveD

Post by SteveD » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:13 am

steve_flack wrote:I've never made a kit either and started straight in with a full mash beer. The first one was crap but it got better once I figured out how to use everything properly :wink:

I think I've made one extract beer in the last ten years (I have used extract to boost OG in barley wines though).
=D> =D> =D> to Steve too! :lol:

Anyone else?

I did 1 kit and about 5 extract brews before hitting the grain. Since then I've done one partial mash, and one other kit (due to time pressure), and about 65 mashes.
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Post by spearmint-wino » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:13 am

Well done, its a great feeling isn't it?

I did the same, no kits, went straight in with full-mashing this time last year. Looking forward to when 'brewing season' starts again and I intend to go gangbusters. Now I have other itches to scratch... shiny...shiny... :roll:
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SteveD

Post by SteveD » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:14 am

spearmint-wino wrote:Same here - went straight in with full-mashing this time last year. Looking forward to when 'brewing season' starts again and I intend to go gangbusters. Now I have other itches to scratch... shiny...shiny... :roll:
=D> =D> =D> to Spearmint Wino too :lol:

That's the last one I do... :wink:
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eskimobob

Post by eskimobob » Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:43 pm

Well done guys =D>
spearmint-wino wrote:Looking forward to when 'brewing season' starts again
Because if the lack of summer this year I have not stopped brewing - it is well within brewing temperature in my spare room - I guess there has to be an upside to all this rain :lol:
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