February 24, 2007
| Scott Wallace held a brew session at his place on Saturday the 24th. He was doing a Monkey on the Mainline Robust Porter and mashed in about 9:30 am. He was shooting for 127 but it came out a little high at 138. Let this sit for a while (with a lot of stirring during this temp) and then got the pressure cooker up to about 22 psi of steam. He opened the valve to inject steam and brought the temp to 157 and held there for an hour with an occasional stir. After the hour he again steam injected to bring the temp to 170 for the mash out. Then started the recirculation and began the sparge. Was a great session and if you did not attend you really missed a good learning experience. |
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Our gracious hosts - Cricket and Scott ! |
Mashing in ! |
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Mash Temp was to be 127 but came out a little high ! |
Going over the recipe ! |
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Pressure Cooker - where the steam comes from ! |
Mash Tun connected to Pressure Cooker ! |
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Rear view of connections ! |
Can't really read the gauge but was holding around 22 psi ! |
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Tony and Patty talking about the AHA National ! |
Mash complete - starting to recirculate ! |
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Wow, that porter is looking good ! |
Scott's 3 tier system ! |
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How the Boil Kettle is transported to front porch ! |
Can't beat this transportation ! |
