The first all grain brew day at Brewery 20th Ave is done. My "Not as Common as You Think" Cal Common is in the primary. Every site and video I've seen had me thinking that I was going to have to commit to an eight hour process. I started at 2 and am done before 6. Did I miss a step? Did I do something wrong? The proof will be in the pudding when I try the beer a month from now.
I found out that my 5 gallon water cooler is too small to batch sparge 10# of grain. I started out with 3.5 gallons of water at 170 which got me to my mash temp of 155. Surprisingly it held that temp the whole hour of mashing. I only got 2.5 gallons of wort out of this first running. So I tried to sparge with 4 gallons but I could only fit 3. It seems as though my next batch will put to use my ten gallon water cooler.
Everything went smoothly though. I ended up with 5 gallons of wort pre boil and 4 gallons post boil. My gravity was a wopping 1.070 which puts me at 80% efficiency so we're talking about 7% alcohol when all is said and done. Yikes. Til next time
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