Who's Brewing Weekend of the 4th?

JBL · Post by **JBL** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:40 am

I'm brewing a Bo Pils on Tuesday. It will be my first brew using my new counterflow chiller setup - two chillers in series, tap water running through the first one and ice water recirculating through the second. Should work great....in theory. We'll see.

Post by **Mike Grover** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:03 pm

I'm brewing an American wheat - also on Tuesday.

Dragon Slayer · Post by **Dragon Slayer** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:35 pm

I just finished brewing a Scotch Ale. (O.G. 1.076). I fired the kettles at noon and pitched a 500ml starter of yeast at 8:00pm.

Post by **Mike Grover** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:18 am

As I type I am mashing an American hefe. This is the first step mash I've done - 30 min at 100F, 30 min at 122F, 60 min at 150F. Everything was spot on except that I only brought it up to just under 140F for the sac rest. I added another 1/2 gallon of near-boiling water, but that didn't help much. Not wanting to dilute the crap out of the mash, I drew off 2 gallons and heated it to 170F in my kettle, then returned it to the mash. It's sitting at exactly 150F now, so I'm happy.

Mike

JBL · Post by **JBL** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:32 pm

Dang. Due to unforseen difficulities with the new chiller equipment, I've postponed brewing for a few more days. I had to work out a few issues with hose length and slope to ensure that the pumps get primed when I open the valves. Once flow started, it works great. I also got everything cleaned out with hot PBW. There was a fair amount of black particles coming out of the new chillers.

I think I need a big drip pan, too. Cleanup and disassembly is going to be messy.

Post by **Mike Grover** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:21 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JBL
 I had to work out a few issues with hose length
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Just repeat to yourself..."Size doesn't matter." [;)]