aamcle
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Try adding rice hulls or the equivalent to help with drainage.
aamcle
aamcle
Try adding rice hulls or the equivalent to help with drainage.
@doctormick, I'm gonna be getting a grain mill soon. Did you always mill your own grain? I currently get mine pre crushed but it would be interesting to know if there will be a difference in efficiency.
@Pawlo7671 I think I have a similar hierarchy minus the kids as I don't have any yet. Beer might be higher than wife sometimes.
I have removed all the restrictions in the path of flow, the ball and spring and the small "crosses" in the re circulation arm and CFC designed to depress the ball if it was still there. After doing this mod I got much better transfer speeds to the FV whilst chilling but the first mash I did, it got really compacted and plugged up.
My solution was to start the mash slowly, restrict the pump by closing the valve and just regulate it so you get only the tiniest trickle of overflow, after 15 minutes I stir it all up again and start the mash flow again the same way, my efficiency has gone up, the wort is super clear and sparging is, if anything, too quick, I push the top plate down until it just reaches the water level after I have added and stirred the grain.
When I am sparging, I then push the top plate down until it sits on the grain quite solidly.
20 brews later and happy that my solution works I am confident in recommending it.
The secret is a really slow start so the pump does not suck the grain into a compact mass before it has absorbed water, I believe it swells a little only making it worse, that is why I stir it after 15min.
What you've done sounds very interesting!
I have removed all the restrictions in the path of flow, the ball and spring and the small "crosses" in the re circulation arm and CFC designed to depress the ball if it was still there. After doing this mod I got much better transfer speeds to the FV whilst chilling but the first mash I did, it got really compacted and plugged up.
My solution was to start the mash slowly, restrict the pump by closing the valve and just regulate it so you get only the tiniest trickle of overflow, after 15 minutes I stir it all up again and start the mash flow again the same way, my efficiency has gone up, the wort is super clear and sparging is, if anything, too quick, I push the top plate down until it just reaches the water level after I have added and stirred the grain.
When I am sparging, I then push the top plate down until it sits on the grain quite solidly.
20 brews later and happy that my solution works I am confident in recommending it.
The secret is a really slow start so the pump does not suck the grain into a compact mass before it has absorbed water, I believe it swells a little only making it worse, that is why I stir it after 15min.
I've never reduced the flow of recirculation and by the end of the mash it's always running clear and never compacted...maybe this is why I don't get the same efficiencies as others?
I would say the biggest efficiency improvement I got was stirring 15minutes into the mash.I've never reduced the flow of recirculation and by the end of the mash it's always running clear and never compacted...maybe this is why I don't get the same efficiencies as others?
Has anybody got a link for a tea strainer for the GF pls?
Thx
Bri
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