Birth of a Brewery (Part 2)
A pictorial record of the first brew of Bakewell Best Bitter, Monday
February 7th 2005.
Start
the pump, open the valves
And
after running in enough water to cover the wedge wire plates, introduce the
malt.
The
mash is evenly mixed as it enters the mash tun
and
slowly empties the grist case
Then,
relax for an hour while the enzymes do their bit in breaking down the
sugars.
The
first wort is run off
andsparging begins
The
trick at this stage is to carefully balance the pumps so that
sparge water into the mash
tun from the HLT is equal to the drain off to the
underback and the pump rate to the copper.
Start
the pump, open the valves
And
after running in enough water to cover the wedge wire plates, introduce the
malt.
The
mash is evenly mixed as it enters the mash 
and
Then,
relax for an hour while the enzymes do their bit in breaking down the
sugars.
The
first 
and
The
trick at this stage is to carefully balance the pumps so that