Yesterday, after I got home from church I started mashing another batch of my wheat beer ... Brinton's Wheat Mist. This time to get my techniques down I only made 2.5 gallons since after stopping at More Beer in Riverside I picked up a 3 gallon carboy along with my other supplies. I also bought a new thermometer to replace the one that was causing me such issues in cooling down the wort.
After calculating the exact amount of ingredients that I needed in my grain bill by back calculating the points I desired I started my mashing. It when fairly smoothly and I was easily able to cool the wort to the desired temperature before pitching the yeast ... it is amazing how much easier it is when the equipment is working and of good quality.
This time I use the screen I purchased at More Beer for my mash which allowed me to easily pull the first running and fly sprage the mash using a slotted spoon. This was much better than when it clogged so badly the first time I mashed grains.
This is the initial site for the organic microbrewery I am setting up. It will go through all of the processes from successes to failures that go along with setting up a brewery first at home then to small scale production.
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