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Flaming Cheetah wrote:HOWEVER, I don't have a grain mill and I don't think my local HB store will go for me just coming in to use their grain mill.
I bet if you bought the 55# bag from them, they wouldn't mind you using their mill. If you bought somewhere else, them maybe... If the LHBS is close to home, I'd ask.

I ended up having to do the sewing myself, and it turned out to be a little more difficult that I thought it would be. Some of the details didn't quite turn out as nicely as I would have liked, but I rekon it will do the job. And if it does work well, I can always make another one. I'll Just have to...

Good Day, I know now....Flames and Reflectix dont work toghter, Reflectix gets soft and sticky over 100C/212C. I needed to wrap it with "Multi-Purpose Foil Tape" seal the edges, and cover all that touches the kettle. Do you think it would be okay if it was sandwiched between two pieces of leather? ...

I've never understood the reason for suspending a small bag over the middle of your pot with some sort of spider contraption. It seems like it would just get in the way. Is there any reason why you can't just use a large bag and line your entire pot the same way you would for the grains? I would thi...

Basically, I find that when I add grain to strike water it displaces about 1.0L/KG (of the 20C) volume, but then the water seems to get absorbed into the grain, and it ends up displacing about 0.7L/KG total. I could see that. When I first started adding the grain there were a couple times where the...

Still, you beat the End of Boil Efficiency (78.8 vs 78%) :) Nice results. I suspect your First Runnings might've had a higher gravity than you measured ;). You stirred thoroughly before taking the reading? <50% efficiency without the sparge ;) I honestly can't say how well it was stirred. I had a c...

I think there is an issue in the chart... as it is getting confused by your -2% Kettle Loss... which I assume is due to measurement inaccuracies somewhere... Amazing results ;) You are correct. My measured end of boil volumes were incorrect. This one should be more accurate. I attribute the 1% loss...

Another thought, did you end up spilling any mash water when you added your lid? That would've lost a few points there Yes I spilled some, but it's hard to know exactly how much. My garage floor is now very sticky. And did you perhaps measure your total mash volume? Might be able to work out a bett...

stux wrote: I also think that finer grinds result in less absorption. You might want to consider updating the absorption figure to 1.38L/KG for you next brew.
I milled the grain at the LHBS and don't have control over the gap. I did run it through twice though.

My actual grain bill ended up being a little less than I should have had. It was about 8.532 kg. where the calc. called for 8.573 kg. ;) Here are the brands: 17.5 lb. Muntons Maris Otter .25 lb. Muntons Crystal 150L .25 lb. Briess Carapils Malt .25 lb. Briess Roasted Barley .25 lb. Briess Crystal 12...

Well, I brewed this over the weekend and although a lot of fun, it did not quite go as planned. I had a feeling that all of my planning would only get me so far… In the end I had to improvise. I am however happy to say that I did hit my target OG. I had planned on 1.100 and I'm pretty sure I actuall...

So now I've got the crazy idea of trying to squeeze a partigyle out of the spent grains. I've got some extra hops floating around and about a pound of DME I could throw in if needed. I know there's probably not much left in the grains, but I figure even if I could get a small batch out of them it wo...

I would think the amount of time spent in the dunk sparge would make a difference. Will my plan to leave the specialty grains (exactly 1 lb) out of the main mash and only put them in the sparge affect any of data that you might be hoping to glean from this brew? If so I can adjust my plan. My plan ...

Most important reading for verifying the calculator at high gravity will be the first running sg Most important for verifying the sparge modelling (which has never been tested) is the gravity of your second runnings (ie in the dunk sparge) I would think the amount of time spent in the dunk sparge w...

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