New toy

[Clint]

Fishing tackle takes up lots of room but not when you take it out for a couple of days.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Or do what i did 20 odd years ago, i bought a metal shed swmbo asked what's that for me my motorbike her you ain't got one me i pick it up next week me go and pack a case her why me we are of to spain for a week, and all was well with the world

 

[NormanHurst]

Enjoy your G30. I got one a while back and am about 10 brews in. I think I've made every stupid mistake possible so far! If you have any teething problems, I am your man

 

[abeamer]

1st brew on the G30 g3 - The Malt Miller Pride of Griffin (London Pride)

Things took a long time as its the 1st go and deffo some learnings....like the heater on/off switch is at the bottom as is set to off by default...wonder why it wasn't heating. The rubber filter connector in the box is a spare and does not fit into the other one as the pump doesn't pump...D'oh

Put the recipe into the Grainfather App and followed it to the letter

The stated OG was 1.048 and I got 1.046 although it did look murky.

Another thing for next time is to leave the chiller on longer before putting in the fv as temp came out as 27c. So have it in the brew fridge cooling down

 

[abeamer]

Enjoy your G30. I got one a while back and am about 10 brews in. I think I've made every stupid mistake possible so far! If you have any teething problems, I am your man

I did see that David Heath uses a jubilee clip to hold the rubber pipe for the filter onto the out pipe as he does a whirlpool.. did you do this?

 

[user 47834]

I did see that David Heath uses a jubilee clip to hold the rubber pipe for the filter onto the out pipe as he does a whirlpool.. did you do this?

Make sure it's 304 stainless steel!!!

 

[Agentgonzo]

I did see that David Heath uses a jubilee clip to hold the rubber pipe for the filter onto the out pipe as he does a whirlpool.. did you do this?

I've never needed to do this. In about 30 brews, the hop filter has never come off. I make sure I don't whack it with my paddle and that simple job seems to make it stay put

 

[abeamer]

I've never needed to do this. In about 30 brews, the hop filter has never come off. I make sure I don't whack it with my paddle and that simple job seems to make it stay put

do you do a whirlpool at the end of the boil?

 

[Agentgonzo]

1st brew on the G30 g3 - The Malt Miller Pride of Griffin (London Pride)

Things took a long time as its the 1st go and deffo some learnings....like the heater on/off switch is at the bottom as is set to off by default...wonder why it wasn't heating. The rubber filter connector in the box is a spare and does not fit into the other one as the pump doesn't pump...D'oh

Put the recipe into the Grainfather App and followed it to the letter

The stated OG was 1.048 and I got 1.046 although it did look murky.

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Another thing for next time is to leave the chiller on longer before putting in the fv as temp came out as 27c. So have it in the brew fridge cooling down

You can adjust the flow rates through the chiller.

David heath has a handy video on it.
In short you can reduce the temperature of the wort coming out of the chiller by either opening up your cold tap more, or closing the red valve on the wort pipe a bit more (reducing the wort flow rate).

 

[Agentgonzo]

do you do a whirlpool at the end of the boil?

Yes. I make sure not to whack the filter with the paddle at this point

 

[user 47834]

A friend of mine has a grainfather and he recirculates through the hop spider until the chiller gets it down to a set temp, then goes from the chiller to the fermenter.

This clarifies his beer as well as doing a pre chill.

He has to scrape the spider every so often to free up the mesh to stop it overflowing

 

[Agentgonzo]

A friend of mine has a grainfather and he recirculates through the hop spider until the chiller gets it down to a set temp, then goes from the chiller to the fermenter.

This clarifies his beer as well as doing a pre chill.

He has to scrape the spider every so often to free up the mesh to stop it overflowing

Is that instead of a whirlpool? I'm doing a brew tomorrow so might give it a go

 

[user 47834]

Is that instead of a whirlpool? I'm doing a brew tomorrow so might give it a go

Exactly. The trüb cone ends up in the spider for the most part

 

[user 47834]

Irish moss helps things gloop together to stay in the spider too btw

 

[NormanHurst]

I did see that David Heath uses a jubilee clip to hold the rubber pipe for the filter onto the out pipe as he does a whirlpool.. did you do this?

I don't do that- and using a hop spider, I don't bother with a whirlpool. I have, however, forgotten to attach the filter before mashing in. Not recommended.

 

[Agentgonzo]

I don't do that- and using a hop spider, I don't bother with a whirlpool. I have, however, forgotten to attach the filter before mashing in. Not recommended.

The jubilee clip won't help you in the case you forget to attach it

 

[Nucbrewer]

Very nice I am yet to do some AG brewing, I will have to do some biab soon. An all in one will be my goal I am sure you will keep us updated on progress.

 

[abeamer]

just bottled up the london pride..omg!!!! it tastes lovely.

Going to be impatient over the next 4 weeks

 

[Birdsnestbrewery]

just bottled up the london pride..omg!!!! it tastes lovely.

Going to be impatient over the next 4 weeks

If that's 4 weeks bottle conditioning then 2 weeks should be enough to have a drinkable brew although it will improve the longer you leave it.

 

[MashBag]

What he said.