[IBU] 10 Gallon System and 1st Brew Day

[Mike Young]

Here's a link to the pictures of my new 10 gallon brew system:
http://www.mikebeer.net/10gallon.htm  I'll be making the website a
little better in the next few days, but for now the simple photo gallery
will do.

 

My first brew with the new system (a brown porter) went pretty well.  I
was done with everything in under 5 hours, which is about an hour longer
than my standard 5 gallon brew day was.  I had some difficulty at times
getting the pump flowing, but I eventually got it working when I needed
it.  The chiller worked pretty well, but I started filling my first
bucket when the wort wasn't quite cool enough.  Once I increased the
garden hose pressure, that helped drop the temp more for the second
bucket.  The first one was at 83 and the second was at 72.  I put both
buckets into my temp controlled fridge, set at 60, to cool down so I can
pitch the yeast.  I'm using some US-05 in one bucket and S-04 in
another.  My volume was also a little low.  I ended up filling one
bucket to about 5 gallons and the other to 4.  Not a big deal, but
something to remember for next time.  I'll adjust my brewing software
based on what I found out today.  

 

Overall, I was a pretty good brew day.  I did burn myself a couple times
while cleaning the boil kettle and after heating up some water and
flushing all my tubing, but nothing too bad.  I burned my leg on the
kettle while I was taking it outside, and when I went to dump out the
little bit of water left in the boil kettle, I was wearing sandals and
it splashed on my foot.  Not the best feeling, but it could have been
worse.  That's something to keep in mind for the next batch anyway.

 

--Mike

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