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I am having the exact same issue. I haven't brewed in ages as my wife and I just had another baby and have been a bit busy. I have talked about it earlier in this thread. Going to try rice hulls. My mashes have had a bit of wheat in them. Kev's malt pipe has longer slits than mine. But I...

Thanks Malty Cultural. Will try the rice hulls if I can't sort it out. Worth a try.

Sounds great. It won't be for a while, but I'll let you know. Cheers.

Yeah, the inner pot drains very slowly and would fill and overflow if left. I think the slits in your pot are much longer. Allowing a much greater flow through. I made them shorter and used more holes because I was worried about the strength of the base. The top return has to be on only...

Hi QldKev I have brewed twice in my 1V. I'm continuing to have trouble with the mash sticking/flowing very slowly. I have to have my top return on just a trickle or on then shut off etc. I have added more holes to the 'malt pipe' but this doesn't seem to of helped much. I end up have to...

3/32 inch holes and 1mm grinder slits

Yeah,,very slow here too. Took the 48 hours to get hold. Don't panic.

You need to be able to control the temperature of you fridge. Most fridges, even if you turn them to "least cool" it will be still too cold for the yeast you are using. Most people that have fridges to ferment in use a STC1000 or similar to control the fridge temp.

Just watch the thread. Pipe comes in BSP (British Standard Pipe) where the thread goes all the way in and NPT (National Pipe Thread(American)) which is tapered. NPT doesn't screw all the way in and is hard to get a seal when going through a kettle wall.