Newtobrewing85
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Hey everyone,
So I did a 1st all grain brew yesterday in my Anvil Foundry 6.5.
This was the kit: Haze Craze IPA - All Grain Beer Brewing Kit (5 Gallons) | MoreBeer
I couldn’t figure out water really so I ended up using spring water. Report here:
https://www.kroger.com/content/v2/binary/document/info/terms/water-quality_report-1603746386542.pdf
So I milled for the first time yesterday too. Was a bit of a learning curve as the handle only goes one direction and I kept going backwards knocking grain into the bucket lol. I tried .35-5 and I settled on roughly .5-.6 which now I’m thinking was wrong. I might not have been milling fast enough or something because at the lower .35 area it wouldn’t go, it would just stick and I couldn’t get the grain to go through with using the handle, handle spun, grain stayed. I ended up making it bigger until I gave up and grabbed a drill, which will be the only way going forward.
Numbers:
10lb 2 row pale
1lb flaked oats
1lb flaked wheat
8oz Carapils
8oz wheat malt
4oz honey malt
Recipe calls for an OG of 1.061-1.063 and an est ABV of 6.4%
side note, what is an SRM and does it matter?
K so started the anvil, had a leaking issue, frustrating, the spigot was loose I guess after the last time I used it on an extract.
Everything I used was per anvils instructions
Strike water was 160F for 13.4lbs of grain
Mash temp was 153-154F, had issue getting the temp down so I stirred for a few minutes and added a little cold water. Is this a no no?
60 minute mash
170F sparge with a gallon of water brought me to about 6.25 gallons pre-boil. Which in hindsight I should have only gone to about 6 gallons to hit 5.5 in the fermenter after 1/2 gallon boil off. Yes?
Pre-boil I was an 8 on Brix or roughly 1.034 on the SG wort per refractometer.
1 hour boil
Add hops per instructions
Pitch yeast (Wyeast London Ale III) at 68F
Check OG 1.051
5 5/8 ish gallons in the fermenter
I tried using some of these efficiency calculators but I’m confused on picking out the grains and stuff used. There’s a ton of 2 row pales, which do I choose? I did one and it came back at like 38% which would be abysmal. Did I really do that badly?
I have the Brewfather app but I haven’t used it yet, I’m guessing this might have helped with better figuring out water volumes than the generic anvil book?
Any feedback is appreciated, sorry for the jumbled mess of a post, thinking as I type.
Should add its fermenting right now at about 65F in the closet. I’ve got a heater on it to keep it in the 65-72 range and it’s already going so that’s at least a good sign.
So I did a 1st all grain brew yesterday in my Anvil Foundry 6.5.
This was the kit: Haze Craze IPA - All Grain Beer Brewing Kit (5 Gallons) | MoreBeer
I couldn’t figure out water really so I ended up using spring water. Report here:
https://www.kroger.com/content/v2/binary/document/info/terms/water-quality_report-1603746386542.pdf
So I milled for the first time yesterday too. Was a bit of a learning curve as the handle only goes one direction and I kept going backwards knocking grain into the bucket lol. I tried .35-5 and I settled on roughly .5-.6 which now I’m thinking was wrong. I might not have been milling fast enough or something because at the lower .35 area it wouldn’t go, it would just stick and I couldn’t get the grain to go through with using the handle, handle spun, grain stayed. I ended up making it bigger until I gave up and grabbed a drill, which will be the only way going forward.
Numbers:
10lb 2 row pale
1lb flaked oats
1lb flaked wheat
8oz Carapils
8oz wheat malt
4oz honey malt
Recipe calls for an OG of 1.061-1.063 and an est ABV of 6.4%
side note, what is an SRM and does it matter?
K so started the anvil, had a leaking issue, frustrating, the spigot was loose I guess after the last time I used it on an extract.
Everything I used was per anvils instructions
Strike water was 160F for 13.4lbs of grain
Mash temp was 153-154F, had issue getting the temp down so I stirred for a few minutes and added a little cold water. Is this a no no?
60 minute mash
170F sparge with a gallon of water brought me to about 6.25 gallons pre-boil. Which in hindsight I should have only gone to about 6 gallons to hit 5.5 in the fermenter after 1/2 gallon boil off. Yes?
Pre-boil I was an 8 on Brix or roughly 1.034 on the SG wort per refractometer.
1 hour boil
Add hops per instructions
Pitch yeast (Wyeast London Ale III) at 68F
Check OG 1.051
5 5/8 ish gallons in the fermenter
I tried using some of these efficiency calculators but I’m confused on picking out the grains and stuff used. There’s a ton of 2 row pales, which do I choose? I did one and it came back at like 38% which would be abysmal. Did I really do that badly?
I have the Brewfather app but I haven’t used it yet, I’m guessing this might have helped with better figuring out water volumes than the generic anvil book?
Any feedback is appreciated, sorry for the jumbled mess of a post, thinking as I type.
Should add its fermenting right now at about 65F in the closet. I’ve got a heater on it to keep it in the 65-72 range and it’s already going so that’s at least a good sign.