first ag on the go

[kampervan]

after thinking of trying this for quite a while have jumped in and trying dave's summer ale. its in the mash tun at present

[koomber]

Bob's going to find the board overrun with beer maers soon!

Good job on the ale. I keep meaning to get round to making some of that Summer Ale. Perhaps on Sunday I'll get started.

What time are you planning finishing? It might just be my slow boiler (the Lidl Jam Maker) but I find that it takes AGES to bring the wort to the boil.

[kampervan]

will just wait and see. mines a lidl too, took some fiddling to get it to correct temps first go was only 60 deg have turned collar 1 and a haLF TURNS TO GET IT TO BOIL

[DaveH]

after thinking of trying this for quite a while have jumped in and trying dave's summer ale. its in the mash tun at present

Good luck mate, hope it all goes ok for you!

You're on the slippery slope to Beer as well as wine making now!!!

/darth "Welcome to the Dark side of the force" /darth

[kampervan]

well first go made some basic mistakes. not enough water in mash tun. basically got the math wrong for losses.forgot grain absorbtion. then took gravity reading and didnt correct for temp. but boiling away happily

[Rich]

Nice one, welcome to the dark side of the forum.. There are now a few of us lurking here

[kampervan]

fementing away now but 1.067. ah well at least i know for next time. later in week

[Rich]

Wow, that is high!

What yeast are you using? also, did you batch sparge?

[kampervan]

so4 and yes batch sparged but forgot temp correction for hydrometer reading so added 2lb sugar. wont do that again, but will have another go at brewing next week