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Hey lads,

I have a 82L brew pot with a 56L Malt pipe. The holes i have drilled are 2mm from memory
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I have a recirculating system similar setup to qldkev with a mid return and a top return.
Old photo, i've since added a mid return and upgraded the pump.
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I regularly brew a clone of Stone & Wood Pacific Ale which consists of 60% pale and 40% wheat.
I think that my LHBS mills the grain i get too fine (i think i remember him mentioning that it's set to 0.9 mm) and at this stage I cant afford my own mill and motor
Problem is because of the fine mill, bits of the wheat block the drilled holes and my mash gets stuck, the malt pipe fills up and ive nearly run the element dry on a few occasions, i literally have to scrape the bottom of the malt pipe to get any of the wort to drain once it gets stuck.

Any suggestions here?
More holes, bigger holes?

<blockquote data-quote="Dubzie" data-source="post: 1382639" data-attributes="member: 38035">Hey lads,I have a 82L brew pot with a 56L Malt pipe. The holes i have drilled are 2mm from memory[ATTACH]89525[/ATTACH]I have a recirculating system similar setup to qldkev with a mid return and a top return.Old photo, i&#039;ve since added a mid return and upgraded the pump.[ATTACH]89526[/ATTACH]I regularly brew a clone of Stone &amp; Wood Pacific Ale which consists of 60% pale and 40% wheat.I think that my LHBS mills the grain i get too fine (i think i remember him mentioning that it&#039;s set to 0.9 mm) and at this stage I cant afford my own mill and motorProblem is because of the fine mill, bits of the wheat block the drilled holes and my mash gets stuck, the malt pipe fills up and ive nearly run the element dry on a few occasions, i literally have to scrape the bottom of the malt pipe to get any of the wort to drain once it gets stuck.Any suggestions here?More holes, bigger holes?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dubzie, post: 1382639, member: 38035"] Hey lads, I have a 82L brew pot with a 56L Malt pipe. The holes i have drilled are 2mm from memory [ATTACH]89525.IPB[/ATTACH] I have a recirculating system similar setup to qldkev with a mid return and a top return. Old photo, i've since added a mid return and upgraded the pump. [ATTACH]89526.IPB[/ATTACH] I regularly brew a clone of Stone & Wood Pacific Ale which consists of 60% pale and 40% wheat. I think that my LHBS mills the grain i get too fine (i think i remember him mentioning that it's set to 0.9 mm) and at this stage I cant afford my own mill and motor Problem is because of the fine mill, bits of the wheat block the drilled holes and my mash gets stuck, the malt pipe fills up and ive nearly run the element dry on a few occasions, i literally have to scrape the bottom of the malt pipe to get any of the wort to drain once it gets stuck. Any suggestions here? More holes, bigger holes? [/QUOTE]

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