butisitart
Well-Known Member
i acquired a 200 micron hop spider between 1st and 2nd gf brews. HUGE difference and utterly convenient. highly recommend it. couldn't find ANY hops in 2nd trub after having a disconcerting amount in the first. going on above comments about putting a hopsock on hose into fermenter, on 3rd brew i'm going to put the hop spider into fermenter and filter there too. i figure that will strip out the grain trub going in.
also.....
partial mashing - great for 2 brews in one if you're time challenged. gf purists out there will probably hate this, but i didded partial mash just to see.
7kg grain bill + 1 can unhopped mash + double hops bill gave me 2 fermenters (46L). something i won't do too often, but great time saver. i know you can do 9kg and no cans, but i were a bit nervous about boilover, even with 7. (and it went close).
point to remember if you try it - pouring the can really slowly, but directly into boil caused the gf heater to shut down as some liquid malt still hit the floor of the urn and fried itself. it ain't easy re-setting the boiler if the gf is full of molten brew, as the reset switch is UNDER the bloody thing. *design fault*. next time, melt the unhopped malt first and then add in.
out with the vinegar and baking soda to clean the bottom of the gf.
and
dumping grain?? after sparge, grain bin into sink to drain off and cool down, then pull a kitchen garbag over the top of it and flip. done.
also.....
partial mashing - great for 2 brews in one if you're time challenged. gf purists out there will probably hate this, but i didded partial mash just to see.
7kg grain bill + 1 can unhopped mash + double hops bill gave me 2 fermenters (46L). something i won't do too often, but great time saver. i know you can do 9kg and no cans, but i were a bit nervous about boilover, even with 7. (and it went close).
point to remember if you try it - pouring the can really slowly, but directly into boil caused the gf heater to shut down as some liquid malt still hit the floor of the urn and fried itself. it ain't easy re-setting the boiler if the gf is full of molten brew, as the reset switch is UNDER the bloody thing. *design fault*. next time, melt the unhopped malt first and then add in.
out with the vinegar and baking soda to clean the bottom of the gf.
and
dumping grain?? after sparge, grain bin into sink to drain off and cool down, then pull a kitchen garbag over the top of it and flip. done.