I have been having cut-out issues on my last few brews and attributed this to the grain crush from the latest bag. of MO base malt.
After much research and angst, I finally decided that it could be congealed gunk on the boiler plate.
In advance of tomorrow's intended brew day, I decided to do a proper clean up job on the GF tonight - there being no rugby that I can watch.
My "mentor" David Heath has recently posted some new advice on cleaning which involves a 15 min recirc cycle with both cleaner and then clear water @ 55C. So I do this, whilst scrubbing plate and walls of the GF with a nylon brush and scraping the boiler plate with the paddle.
After this, I notice that the boiler plate is still a bit gunky, so spray it a bit with Star San, which is acidic, and polish it up a bit.
Did a trial boil through to make sure that it should work for tomorrow's brew. Deo Volente and all that...
After much research and angst, I finally decided that it could be congealed gunk on the boiler plate.
In advance of tomorrow's intended brew day, I decided to do a proper clean up job on the GF tonight - there being no rugby that I can watch.
My "mentor" David Heath has recently posted some new advice on cleaning which involves a 15 min recirc cycle with both cleaner and then clear water @ 55C. So I do this, whilst scrubbing plate and walls of the GF with a nylon brush and scraping the boiler plate with the paddle.
After this, I notice that the boiler plate is still a bit gunky, so spray it a bit with Star San, which is acidic, and polish it up a bit.
Did a trial boil through to make sure that it should work for tomorrow's brew. Deo Volente and all that...