I brewed a Pale Ale today with my neighbor Paul Teeples. We made 13.5 gallons. I am pitching my yeast from two of the previous batches. The East Coast Ale yeast is going into 2 of the 6 gallon fermentors. I have about 1 gallon going to the Kolsch. This is jsut a small beer that I will continue to reuse the the yeast from.
The new equipment worked well and is going to be a time saver. I have to put the pump below the water so it primes. My brew day was shortened substantially. By at least 1 hour.
I changed everything to 1/2" and added the march pump. I have a blichmann sparge set up that will regulate the flow into the mash tun, but I have to get a 2" hole driller to make this happen. Paul did not have one. Maybe Dermot.
The Pale Ale is 1.043 with British Pale grain and mixed with American. Cascade. Low hop schedule because I thought I had more but I was left short. Next step is to make purchases at the beer store for the current batch. That way I will not be short.
Thanks Paul for the help
