Florian
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Just started my brew night on my new gear. Everything seemed to go to plan, HLT was heating up quickly, pre warmed the mash tun with hot water and let it drain off, then mashed in. Out of curiosity, being a new mash tun, I though I would recirculate a little bit, just to see how well the wort drains from the tap. Open the valve, and - nothing. Not one drop coming through. Well, a few drops came when I tilted the whole tun forward.
The only way to explain it is that the grains went through the false bottom and completely blocked the pick up tube. The false bottom can't be all blocked as there obviously was water sitting underneath it as well. Total grain bill of 6.6kg, including 1kg rice hulls, 1.5 kg wheat and 1kg rye.
Seems like I will have to empty the tun by hand into a pot, and then - then what?
sparging through a sieve? clear the tubing and cover with swiss voile? Forget about the batch?
Any ideas?
30 minutes left...
Thanks
Florian
here are some photos of the tun, so you get an idea:
The only way to explain it is that the grains went through the false bottom and completely blocked the pick up tube. The false bottom can't be all blocked as there obviously was water sitting underneath it as well. Total grain bill of 6.6kg, including 1kg rice hulls, 1.5 kg wheat and 1kg rye.
Seems like I will have to empty the tun by hand into a pot, and then - then what?
sparging through a sieve? clear the tubing and cover with swiss voile? Forget about the batch?
Any ideas?
30 minutes left...
Thanks
Florian
here are some photos of the tun, so you get an idea: