i was almost put off all grain, i had some bad advice from a home brew shop and went out and got a 54litre colman eskie. every mash out of this was rubbish, being a perfectionist i stoped brewing until i sorted this problem.
end of the day it was temp loss, and mash in and sparge temps, thanks to the hbs. these eskies have a lid that have about an 8 litre cavity in them, on top of this the lid is not insulated.
after thought and some chat on the chat room. consultation with people like aaron, wee stu the drunk arab, thanks lads. other s that helped sorry the pints in the blood have made me forget. oh P-O-L cheers. kai diserves a big thanks for putting the initial idea in my head.
well a mix of all advice led me to making a floating lid, this is comprised of a bladder of a sringwater container wrapped around a sandwich of sleeping mat foam ( brought for an ilfated early attempt at a mash tun). only 2 layers of this wrapped in the blader to relect the heat.
i filled the tun with water at 5.36 at 56 deg C and at 824 it was still sitting on slightly over 54deg C. if there was grain that would prob be better.
so just a thanks for all the help.
Cheers David
end of the day it was temp loss, and mash in and sparge temps, thanks to the hbs. these eskies have a lid that have about an 8 litre cavity in them, on top of this the lid is not insulated.
after thought and some chat on the chat room. consultation with people like aaron, wee stu the drunk arab, thanks lads. other s that helped sorry the pints in the blood have made me forget. oh P-O-L cheers. kai diserves a big thanks for putting the initial idea in my head.
well a mix of all advice led me to making a floating lid, this is comprised of a bladder of a sringwater container wrapped around a sandwich of sleeping mat foam ( brought for an ilfated early attempt at a mash tun). only 2 layers of this wrapped in the blader to relect the heat.
i filled the tun with water at 5.36 at 56 deg C and at 824 it was still sitting on slightly over 54deg C. if there was grain that would prob be better.
so just a thanks for all the help.
Cheers David