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There wasn't. I also run the pump on the way up to boil to try to keep movement over the element. Maybe I didn't get this switched on straight away this time, cant remember. Possibly would have been worse than normal due to high gravity and 1kg of rye in the mix. I actually did a kettle sour a...

I understand the reason behind it, just voicing my opinion that the range was better 5 years ago. This is obviously based on my own tastes and the bottle shops which are nearby to me. I completely understand the higher price, and if I see something I think I'll like I happily pay it. Stuff...

Awesome, keen to hear how it turns out!

Ok so I brewed a high gravity (1.081 not including candi syrup going into fermenter) Christmas beer on the weekend. I decided to do an extended boil (2.5h) to give me more mash/sparge water to play with as I thought the mash would be too thick if I didn't. I ended up with some scorching on the...

Definitely fine by me! I have 3 fermenters going at once for the first time ever, so could do with some extra temp control.

Costs aside, another side effect of this has been a decrease in range for established styles. Trying to get a Belgian beer at any of my local bottle shops is impossible now as the shelf space has been allocated to pineapple cream explosion beers or whatever the flavour of the month is.

Doing single batches in the 70L I didn't find the false bottom was doing much because almost half the batch is underneath it. I dont think it gets a thick enough layer to properly block the holes, and so as soon as I start draining it just pulls through and gets stirred up. I actually got the...

ooh awesome! I'll look out for the postie.

I pretty much just use the auto mode to delayed heat strike water. I don't understand it well enough for a full auto run. I have it set to 25C 3kw for 1min. Then 3x 3h 25C 300w Then 3kw to 65 Start that program about 10pm. Takes a few min to get to 25 then starts beeping and I press the button...

Well here's the results from Sunday after 48h. It was my first double batch, split it between lallemand BRY97 and lallemand Kolsch. Kolsch is a bit of a slow starter. Looking forward to doing more split and double batches.

More than happy to get advice on how to improve. My mill gap is set to 0.85mm. I've been using 5% rice hulls in each batch. Power is set to 1200W during the mash. Mash thickness is set to 3.5 L/kg in brewfather. As I understand it is the thickness in the malt pipe, there is ~9L water in the...

I think I'm 6 brews in with mine now. Efficiency is down slightly from my BIAB, but way more consistent. Last 3 have been within a few percent of each other. Happy to take the small efficiency hit for improved consistency.

The cost will be to my marriage if I start daisy chaining kegs across the laundry where the fermenting fridge is.

Looks great! Would love one! My current one is doing cooling only and struggling a bit this winter.

I'm assuming you've done the obvious and pulled the relief valve to check for pressure in the lines?

They probably split it as prizes weren't sorted and they didn't want to delay getting people their feedback. That's perfectly fine by me. I was itching to get my sheets to read, happy to wait for prize (if any).

Is there somewhere that has all the dimensions of the modular font parts? I was thinking when my keezer dies to get a series X plus, and hoping to have a U shaped font with six taps. So double T -> single extension -> single extension -> double T. Wondering if that would fit between the two...

Any more details on the trub trapper? Not sure exactly what I'm looking at there. I also just use the pump for transfers. Interesting idea with whirlpooling through the tap. Does this work better for you than the whirlpool arm?

On those topics: I've had weevils or something similar on my grain mill once. I sprayed the crap out of it with CO2 and killed them all. Didn't want to use anything harsh and contaminate it. Haven't seen them since, but figure its only a matter of time. How thoroughly do you all clean your...

My results were in the post yesterday too. Thanks again for all the feedback from the judges, was very useful stuff!