Brew Date: 12/6/08Recipe: See Brew Sheet
I brewed up five gallons of this holiday ale for a friend's snow-tubing party that takes place in February.
This, my second all grain batch, went much more smoothly than my first attempt. My new thermometer worked well and I generally fumbled around less.
Shawn had built a top for our kettle (with an adjustable steam port) out of lexan which worked great. It took much less energy to keep the boil going and we didn't loose so much wort to boil-off. The only problem: the lexan started to loose rigidity due to the heat, sagging almost an inch. We'll have to start over with another material.
The big lesson I learned was this: I get tired by the end of a 7 hour brew day and start making mistakes. More experience will help but having a brewing partner on Saturday for the next batch will be great.
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I can't wait to try it!!!! P
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