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Post #1 made 9 years ago
by Wyoracer
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First time and I jumped in all the way. Big grain, yeast starter, learning fast. The recipe I thank Rick and friends for looking and correcting. WLP002 on the stir plate 12 hours before it flocculated. It had me a bit worried when I woke up and 10 hours later nothing had happened. Internet forums calmed my fears though and sometime after 12 hours this happened.
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Last edited by Wyoracer on 29 May 2016, 10:48, edited 1 time in total.
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Post #2 made 9 years ago
by Scott
Oh wow... Looks like the yeast is really "going to town" on your starter! Good for you.

I've never used a stir plate. Bought an Erlenmeyer flask and when making a starter try to remember to stir it every couple hours if I'm awake... Works pretty well, but adding the stir plate would work even better.
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Post #3 made 9 years ago
by Rick
Nice, it's looking sufficiently booger-y. Such a gross looking culture, but don't let that fool you.
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Post #4 made 9 years ago
by Wyoracer
Brew evening went fairly well for this first timer I think. Once I figured out that the first propane tank I grabbed must have a bad fitting allowing very low gas feed and switched tanks the heating up got under way.
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The only issue I had was trying to simmer at mash temp so I did what I saw in other online forums and cut the heat and insulated the kettle with a HVAC insulator jacket I had made for just a case like that. along with an insulated blanket on top.
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I hit my established OG of 1.078 even though I did end up with more wort than expected. 5.5 gal vs 5.25, probably the fact that I was aggressive with my bag squeeze.
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It was so easy I watched 2 movies on my laptop while brewing. It was an easy cleanup afterwards due to the nice BrewBag I purchased. now I just have to wait, dry hop, Dry hop, transfer to secondary, bottle, wait some more, drink :thumbs:
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Last edited by Wyoracer on 31 May 2016, 04:21, edited 1 time in total.
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Post #5 made 9 years ago
by Scott
Looks good... I wrap my pot with some Blankets and sleeping bag. (Be careful if synthetic touches burner...) good to be a tad higher than 5.25 VIF. 5.25 gallons means you would be about 4.75 gallons tops into bottles. I'd shoot for at least 5.5 gallons if not a tad more. Good job though. Looks nice. Like your Blichman. Burned and stand. I went cheaper on that side and it works pretty well. But Ive always had some envy for the nicer unit. ;)
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