Good early start. Was able to hit my mash temp at 156. 152 after a generous hour. Sparge went well until I got to almost the end and kept wondering why the color wasnt right. Looks like I forgot my roasted barley.
Ran and grabbed it and put 2 big handfuls right on top in my mash tun. It did darken up considerably. I wonder what it will do to the flavor.
Pulled the first 3 quarts after vorlauf and threw them in another pot to reduce. I've been boiling the firsy runnings for about 20 mins already and they will go back in the last 10 mins. That should give me decent kettle color. Took me almost an hour to drain the mash tun.
I also skimmed my wort as it came to a boil. Even in a very full pot it doesnt look like im going to have boil over problems today. Good thing to know.
Got everything to a boil at 10:30. Scheduled for an hour boil but I may go a little longer to boil off a little more. I have to have enough room in the kettle for the wort chiller to fit without overflowing.
Decided to extend the boil 10 mins before the 30 min hop addition. Main kettle is under 6 gallons now and the first runnings are reduced by half in the little pot.
Cooled to 70 with the chiller. Pitched and cleaned up. Still need to put away clean ed equipment. I can do that after the race.
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