all grain brewing

Some of you might have been wondering why has Duncan not placed an amen over another song in a half-assed attempt at a remix in a while. The reason being is I have been setting up my all grain brewing system. Last weekend it was the first run of the system. Pretty exciting for me. Enough so that I am blogging about it. I have been brewing for a long time, but this was the first time I did an all grain batch. Which is a huge step up from using extracts, or making country wines/cider. Here are a few photos of the day.


This is my cheap mash tun I constructed using plans from the internets. It works great. I was worried the wort would pool at the bottom unable to reach the supply line. But it worked like a charm. Thank you to them internets.


Here is a pic of the mash-in. You can see how messy I am with all the spilt grain on the floor. I cried a little when it spilt. All that potential alcohol to all my potential homies.



What an awesome colour. In case I forgot to mention, the style of beer I was brewing was Texas Tea. Har har. In actual fact I was brewing an American Imperial Chocolate Oatmeal Stout. Wooh. A mouthful indeed. American in that I used American hops (Cascade), Imperial as the OG was 1.070, Chocolate and Oatmeal as I used chocolate malt and Oats, and stout cuz it's dark. It has yet to receive a name. If you have any suggestions, email me. I love to hear them.


The very expensive pot on the stove with the wort not quite yet at a boil. Again another glimpse into my messy life. How so very titillating!


If you were curious to what is in the other carboy. It was another brew I did a few days previously. A hopped cider, which I am calling 'hopped & screwed.' hehe. I am so clever.

I promise to post an update on how well the beer turned out with many photos of the debauchery in which ensues.