Category Archives: Life Stream

And the porter is done. Well, my part, now it is up to the yeast.

Boil is finished and on to the whirlpool. Almost done. Again, my rig may not win any beauty contests but I think it makes some pretty tasty beer.

Almost done sparging, a silly word for rinsing every last bit of delicious malt sugar from the converted grain.

Lauter is right on target, pH and gravity both. Beautiful color and the roast flavor did indeed develop during recirculation.

Mash went well, pretty much perfect. Added the dark roasted malts and started recirculating for the vorlauf. Color quickly darkened perfectly and smells amazing.

Doughing in. Once the mash is started, I get a quick breather then need to clean the next set of equipment for the vorlauf, lauter, sparge then boil. So many odd words in brewing.

So close to strike temperature. The last degree always takes the longest.

First target hit. Love the color and that is before adding the darkest grains which I will put in during vorlauf. Already tastes great.

Nothing more exciting than collecting filtered water for sparging.