Mike Ward visit me on my second brewed batch on my very new RIG. We actually brewed the batch together and split.

We modified a recipe named "Angry Ogre Ale" from BeerSmith recipes package and fitted it with a Amarillo we got from Benoit just a week before. It's a ~1.080 OG sporting a ~90ish IBU. It is supposed to reach close to 8% ABV.

We haven't correctly account for this massive whole/leaf hop volume and got way less cool wort than expected. Photos says it all...

Overall the RIG work very well. I still need a thermometer on the HLT, a better steam exhaust system and some other misc.