Pics of RIS and Second Running Porter Brew day

We did a two step mash.  Starting at 138 F and then jumping up to 155 F.  Nice rainy day to brew.

Pulling out 6 quarts to boil to heat the mash up to 155 F.

The grains are already creating magic.

Pulling off  another 7 quarts to heat up for mash out.  You can see how dark the wort is already.  

I am not done yet. 

And so yummy.

The brewmaster agrees.

Night is not this black. 

Yes, I need another.

Alright between the sampling and the rain, we have actually  created  7 gallons of  1.078 SG wort.  Natedog had the brillant idea of photographing the hydrometer (thats the glass stick thing) against the same background.

There is the RIS wort in kettle, with plenty of head

The collection of bittering hops for the RIS.

The hop break was massive. 

We have two umbrellas up to keep us dry, but still the  quite  dog finds a place to get dripped on.

While the RIS is boiling away, we started boiling the second runnings.  This wort came in  at 1.020 SG.   

The flavor and aroma hops.

Getting ready to cool the porter.

And now the quite one has been dripped on  by tasty wort.

The RIS is ready for the fermenter.  

Cooling the Porter.  We are done and have ten gallons to ferment.