Ozzy's All Grain on deck

Ozzy2001 · Jan 27, 2016

grantmichaels said:
That's a good thing, LOL ...

I'd still check it with boiling water once before beer, though ...

Yeah planning on it. I want the boiling water to wash away the flux and acetone and everything in there anyway.

grantmichaels · Jan 28, 2016

Can you get 15 gallons from the keggle, for a normal-siz beer?

Ozzy2001 · Jan 28, 2016

The keg is 15 gallons. So I can definitely do 10gal batches.
She's all shined up. Just need to boil some water in her.

grantmichaels · Jan 28, 2016

Looks really good ...

1/3 bbl =)

tctenten · Jan 28, 2016

Sweet!! Do you use a propane burner for that or an electrical heating element?

Ozzy2001 · Jan 28, 2016

This. But you could put an element in one I guess.

grantmichaels · Jan 28, 2016

Ozzy2001 said:
But you could put an elements in one I guess.

FIFY.

Ozzy2001 · Jan 28, 2016

Yeah that big would take 2
I can't wait to use it this weekend. Going to go to the store tonight for some meat too. Looking forward to a glorious weekend!

RocketMan · Jan 28, 2016

Really great job on the kettle Ozzy, I like it!

Now get a brew going to baptize that thing

Ozzy2001 · Jan 28, 2016

RocketMan said:
Really great job on the kettle Ozzy, I like it!

Now get a brew going to baptize that thing

This weekend! Imperial Stout.

Ozzy2001 · Jan 30, 2016

Test run and cleaning boil. Still watertight. Just need to wipe down the inside now and it's ready to roll tomorrow. Also have to install a dip tube.

Going to go over the recipe tonight and get my battle plan all ready. Also going to modify my grinder mount to make my milling a little less messy.

grantmichaels · Jan 30, 2016

Nice!

Looks pretty boss-like!

Ozzy2001 · Jan 30, 2016

I'm definitely digging it.

Ozzy2001 · Jan 31, 2016

Modified my mill platform. Didn't make near as much mess.

Good thing I got this keggle going, because the mash water wouldn't have fit in anything else I had lol. 23.5lbs of grains.

grantmichaels · Jan 31, 2016

brew strong!

Ozzy2001 · Jan 31, 2016

Just had my first stuck sparge. That freaking sucked ass.
So far 1st runnings 1.096. 2nd 1.068
90 min boil then we'll see how close to 1.107 I get.

Ozzy2001 · Jan 31, 2016

8gallons in the keggle. No worry about boil over makes me happy

grantmichaels · Jan 31, 2016

Ozzy2001 · Jan 31, 2016

Yeah. Took me about 1/2 hr to get the surge out. Had to take my paddle and push the bed off of the false bottom then wait for it t settle again. Pain in the ass.

grantmichaels · Jan 31, 2016

Cool that you got through it, anyways ...