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"GoodForWhatAlesYou":274oo0e3 wrote: I'm getting excited about this now as It'll be my first all grain brew but I'll probably need my hand held for a bit of it. I was thinking of doing something like this recipe [url:274oo0e3]http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f73/duvel-clone-89384/[/url:274oo0e3]. It seems I can get most of the ingredients from thebrewingcompany.ie for about 30euro is.

Does anyone have an opinion on this? Good place to start or should I aim for something simpler?


Also equipment wise, I don't have a burner or a large 5-10gallon pot. Will those things be available on the day for me to use/sponge?[/quote:274oo0e3]


Hi GFWAY.

No probelm to do the receipe that you are suggesting, but if I was you, I would do something a bit simpler for a first time. Say a pale ale, with pale malt, bit of crystal, a little bit of wheat, and however much hops suit your pallet. It would also be cheaper ingredient wise.

Your recipe calls for a yeast starter that would need to be started with DME a couple of days prior to pitching, but If you do a standard ale, you can probably get yeast from the well. Also your receipe calls for a 135 min mash time, probably due to the step mash, and a 90 min boil time, when most of us will be doing a 60 min mash and a 60 min boil. I would avoid the long mash and boil, as it would add a bit of time to the brew, and you might be under preassure to get the brew done before the pub opens, depending on how early you get started.

Re a bolier, I think there might be a spare one, but would have to check that with the lads in the well. If not, maybe one of the lads that are not going to attend, can lend one for the day.

Are you planning on doing BIAB? With BIAB (Boil in a bag), you mash the grain in a piece of muslin in the boiler, using the muslin to lift out the grain once you are finished mashing and sparging, rather than doing it all in a seperate mash tun, and then running into a bolier?

Let me know what you think?

Thanks for the reply!

Ya I was thinking of boil in a bag to save on extra equipment/mess.


As for recipe I guess time constraints and inexperience could lead to a disaster so I think I will change to something simpler. There's a recipe for an ale I want to try out here [url:37gtyez7]http://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=82_158&products_id=778[/url:37gtyez7] and ingredients work out cheaper too.


If it turns out there's no boiler then that's no biggie, I'll still come along and just hang about/help out/learn the ropes.

That looks like a lot more suitable recipe, and very tasty at that. I reckon we should be able to find you a boiler, but it might cost you a couple of bottles of beer to who ever contributes it! A couple of us have DIY boilers, so you can see how they are cobbled together, and it might be a little project for you in the future if you are handy, or if you know someone who is. Get €20 worth of muslin in Hickeys fabrics on the second floor of the Savoy centre on Patrick St, and that will keep you going for ages.

GFWAA: I wont be able to make the bbc but have an electrim boiler if you want to use it for the bbc i can give it to Taf beforehand. Think i also have a mashing bag....

Hey oconn,


Wow, ya I'd really appreciate that if I could borrow the boiler! A bag would be handy too but I can always pick up a good bit of muslin in hickey's.


Thanks very much for the offer, I'll give you a few beers as a thank you!

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