Snotty, how's the all-grain working out?

[Yota]

Have you made any more all-grain batches?

How'd they turn out.

I forgot to mention that I drank some of your - I think it was porter? - over at Gags' place a few weeks ago. I got there after you left I guess. It was pretty good. :thumbsup:

[Jeepindog]

I'm guessing you forgot how to PM? :flipoff2:

[Snotty]

lol, or he is just trying to liven the place up!

I have a Blonde and Wiesenbock bottled now. Weisenbock is all fawked up cause I got a stuck fermentation. Curretly waiting for them to explode in my closet.

I have a Belgian Golden Strong waiting to be bottled if I can find the bloody time and an Imperial Stout that I am hoping to brew when I get from Moab. Might have a small get together over here for that one.

I also want to get my IPA done and kegged since that is my summer beer of choice.

Thanks for the thumbs up!

[Yota]

Was the Blonde done all-grain? I guess I'm just curious how it'll taste relative to extract brews, which is all I've ever done.

Also I was wondering about problems you ran into and lessons learned. I may brew a batch this summer.

[Yota]

I'm guessing you forgot how to PM? :flipoff2:

It's info (if not beer) for general consumption :D

[Snotty]

All m beers are all grain now. I was hoping to get Blonde into a BJCP event but had the wrong date for submission in my head.

I would say that all the lessons I learned are typical of anyone learning and pushing the envelope as much as I do. You are welcome to come by and watch/help brew an AG if you want. Or pick a recipe and bring the stuff over and we can brew it up.

[ColoradoXJ13]

I am doing my second all grain this weekend, did a Saison about a month ago, I think I screwed up the mash, temps were low due to a faulty thermometer so OG was 1.075 and SG at racking was 1.043....ouch...

doing an IPA this weekend with my new 10-gallon MLT...can't wait!

Oh, and this has nothing to do with Snotty, I just like to brag!

[Snotty]

doing an IPA this weekend with my new 10-gallon MLT...can't wait!



I hate you :flipoff2:

[Jeepindog]

I have a 24.5 gallon mash/lauter tun. I can easily brew 10 gallon batches. I mashed 26 lbs of grain for my Wee Heavy last year, and had room for plenty more... If I only had a little more time and lots more money I would build a kickass brewing stand with a couple of nice jet burners and a pump to move things around. Maybe I could barter some brew for some welding!

[Yota]

What are you guys using as your MLT? 24.5 gals? What is that a giant cooler?

[Jeepindog]

What are you guys using as your MLT? 24.5 gals? What is that a giant cooler?

Coleman Xtreme 98 quart cooler. Holds mash temp very very well. Only cost about $26 at Y'allMart a couple years ago. I put a Zymico KewlerKitz adapter in the outlet hole. It has a 1/2" ball valve to regulate vorlauf and lauter rate. Inside I used a 1/2" stainless steel hose braid to act as a filter manifold. I've experimented with looped and straight, and straight is best, due to less braid length equating to fewer holes in the braid to let small particles through. It takes less time/volume to vorlauf and yield clear wort.

[ColoradoXJ13]

I have a similar setup as far as valve/braid but used a 10-gallon round orange cooler, I have no intentions of doing anything larger than 5 gallon batches right now until I actually live in a house with enough room for more carboys. As it is, I generally have between 2 and 4 of them in the corner of my dining room, and I just ordered 4 better bottles with the intention of selling off the glass ones (1x6.5 gal, 3x5 gallon, $20 ea if anyone is interested) although I have a feeling I may end up not selling them....

So what is everyones feeling on a single infusion mash vs. multi-step? My neighbor does a multi-step, and everything I read says a single step is fine. The IPA on tap for this weekend is identical to his recipe that he brewed the weekend before last with the multi-step and bucket/bag sparging, I am doing a single step in my shiny new MLT, and we are going to see who got better extraction and taste...

edit:

Recipe
1.5 lbs 6-row
1.5 lbs Crystal 75L
14 lbs 2-row

4oz cascade and 2oz centennial 50 min
4oz fuggle 15 min
2 oz fuggle 10 min

yeast was harvested from the Mountain Sun IPA and grown up in my lab.

double edit: just to brag some more, I am cutting the top off my new keggle-to-be on saturday for the brew session sunday...will be nice having a 15.5 gallon pot so I can boil the 8-9 gallons of runoff down to 5.5 or so.

[Snotty]

Everything I have read says that "most" grains are so modified now that a single step infusion is just as good as a stepped one. You really need to do a stepped mash if you are using unmodified malts.

[Jeepindog]

Everything I have read says that "most" grains are so modified now that a single step infusion is just as good as a stepped one. You really need to do a stepped mash if you are using unmodified malts.

There's a little bit less chill-haze protein in the finished product with a protein rest at ~120*F, but I never step mash, and I have produced some crystal clear beers that people swore I had filtered. Like Bill said, unless you are using less modified malts, step mashing is not necessary. Some guys do it, but some guys also 'wheel rigs with short-arm lifts and 35s. :beer:

[ColoradoXJ13]

Thats what I wanted to hear boys, thanks.