bandarker wrote:I think today marks the end of me all grain brewing.
Got all my ingredients, water additions, herbs ready for the Garrison comp. Strike water went in and the mash went fine. Sparging went well (first time fly sparging) and, since I've had some really astringent beers before, I decided to stop when my last runnings mash gravity was around 1.020. Boil went well, hop additions fine, then came adding in the herbs. Wort chiller got clogged, the valves for water in/out started leaking, freezing rain picked up, and I only got 8 gallons out of my desired 10 at an OG that pushes the Experimental IPA into an Experimental DIPA. All the water and mess added another hour into cleanup, 6 towels soaked. Frig its frustrating sometimes.
Don't be discouraged. Shit happens. I clogged my pump on my first go 'ROUND of experimental, and decided that the resulting brew would be much too bitter due to the extra time spent at high temperature. I brewed it again the following weekend, no worries.
For Big Spruce comp, LD talked me off the ledge and I ended up with silver on that brew. Relax, don't worry, have another homebrew - this is a hobby, and is meant to be fun! (I have to remind myself of that sometimes! )
