mkstalen
Well-Known Member
So finally gotten around to going all grain. Had some money for my birthday and got the OK from the CFO to spend it on brew gear.
Went ahead and bought one of these:
http://www.thebrewshop.com.au/insulated-mash-tun-36-litre.html
Looks like the SS false bottom included is the 20cm one.
My kettle consists of a 40L Aluminum pot with twin 2200W kettle elements.
First issue I had was over shooting my mash in temp, then under shooting it by adding too much cold water.
Finally got it right with some extra boiling water...
Problem started when I was draining from the mash tun to the kettle.
Started off slow, and re-added to the tun until it was running clear. Then let it drain off slowly to the kettle. At the start it was going at maybe a 2L/min. Then it slowed down to a bare trickle and stopped with only about 3L in the kettle and 20L odd in the tun.
Gave it a stir, same end result. Stirred again. eventually nothing was coming out at all, even after a stir.
$#^@%#$
Had to dump the lot into my fermenter lined with the trusty voile BIAB bag, and finish as per BIAB.
Has anyone else had issues with that mash tun + SS false bottom?
I'm thinking maybe the grain was cracked too fine and clogged up all the holes, or maybe the grain bed hadn't settled enough... Any ideas or tips so I can avoid this for the next batch?
cheers.
Went ahead and bought one of these:
http://www.thebrewshop.com.au/insulated-mash-tun-36-litre.html
Looks like the SS false bottom included is the 20cm one.
My kettle consists of a 40L Aluminum pot with twin 2200W kettle elements.
First issue I had was over shooting my mash in temp, then under shooting it by adding too much cold water.
Finally got it right with some extra boiling water...
Problem started when I was draining from the mash tun to the kettle.
Started off slow, and re-added to the tun until it was running clear. Then let it drain off slowly to the kettle. At the start it was going at maybe a 2L/min. Then it slowed down to a bare trickle and stopped with only about 3L in the kettle and 20L odd in the tun.
Gave it a stir, same end result. Stirred again. eventually nothing was coming out at all, even after a stir.
$#^@%#$
Had to dump the lot into my fermenter lined with the trusty voile BIAB bag, and finish as per BIAB.
Has anyone else had issues with that mash tun + SS false bottom?
I'm thinking maybe the grain was cracked too fine and clogged up all the holes, or maybe the grain bed hadn't settled enough... Any ideas or tips so I can avoid this for the next batch?
cheers.