First All-Grain Batch

Saturday I did my first batch of All-grain.

I woke excited at 6am, ready to face the long day. I had planned on starting to brew at noon, which turned out to bea good decision because while getting dressed I remembered that I didn't have any Irish Moss or a thermometer. Mind you I had just made a Steinbart's run on Friday, but I still forgot those 2 things. So after getting dressed I hopped on the bus and headed out to get them. The store didn't open until 9am which gave me plenty of time.

My plan was to start brewing at noon. I got everything setup and ready and was lighting the burning at 11:55am. Right on schedule. The setup was a little heavy but manageable I just had to arrange everything so that I wasn't doing a lot of unnecessary lifting and carrying. I had to plan how I was going to get the hot liquor to the brew kettle in a short amount of time.

My friend Allan came by to just as I was getting ready to mash in. I unfortunately didn't hit my strike temperature and i ended up mashing in at 150 instead of 155. It may not make that much of a difference but I'm not sure.