enoch
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For those interested I have been blogging the rebuild of my 55l mash setup to incorporate a March pump and a CWC at Darebin Street Brewery.
Everything went well until the runoff to the fermenter! Whirlpooled, waited a bit a turned the pump on. All went well for a few minutes then it slowed to a trickled. Stop, whirlpool, wait, try again. Ended up turning the pump off and letting gravity do the work. Persisted with "runoff" for a couple of hours then at the recommendation of the assistant brewer gave up o the last 10 litres (still got 40-45).
Subsequent look at the bottom of the boiler confirmed that the braid on the pickup tube which was supposed to filter was solid with hop pellet residue.
(In it's pre brew state)
Does anyone else successfully use this arrangement or will I need to lose the braid and try something more open - suggestions?
Enoch
Everything went well until the runoff to the fermenter! Whirlpooled, waited a bit a turned the pump on. All went well for a few minutes then it slowed to a trickled. Stop, whirlpool, wait, try again. Ended up turning the pump off and letting gravity do the work. Persisted with "runoff" for a couple of hours then at the recommendation of the assistant brewer gave up o the last 10 litres (still got 40-45).
Subsequent look at the bottom of the boiler confirmed that the braid on the pickup tube which was supposed to filter was solid with hop pellet residue.
Does anyone else successfully use this arrangement or will I need to lose the braid and try something more open - suggestions?
Enoch