Hounsy wrote:
So bringing this thread out of retirement as I am back up and brewing, suspect harmy has retired from the sport so may be a lonely thread but got to talk about something. Have setup with a full all grain system now with lots of new toys to play with including with 11.7 gallon cooler mash tun, same size hot liquor tank, propane turkey fryer burner, Fast ferment 7.9 gallon conical fermentor, and a kegging system to server and carbonate the beer.
First brew day with the new stuff was this weekend and got through it in good shape, was not dead on in my mash temperatures or expected volumes that the grains absorbed but will dial that in with experience. First batch is a simple Brown ale and though things where not perfect as stated my OG was only under by .001 much to my surprise. That likely does not mean much to many here but that is really close and a good sign I extracted all the right stuff from the grain for this beer to be on track to be a good one. Oh and Harmy you talked about wort chillers before, I home build one with 50 feet of soft copper and it brought six gallons of boiling wort to 65 F in 13 minutes which I found impressive. Fermentation took off great once it started but took 20 hrs to started which had me concerned for a bit, going to get a stir plate before the next batch and start making yeast starters to get a better jump for the yeast. Still three weeks away from kegging and looking forward to the first time using that equipment.
Sounds pretty awesome!
I saw this on Costco.ca a while back. I can't remember if I posted it here.
http://www.costco.ca/Danby%C2%AE-DKC052 ... 02&refine=