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yea with BIAB and squeezing, which you basically have to do, you are pulling out a lot of the pulverized grains and making your wort dirty as hell
 
if you are doing it in a mash tun, then you can vorlaught your wort from the bottom to the top to set your bed and remove a lot of that particulate
 
wheebz said:
sure
 
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my pilot system is back behind the bottling line sitting underneath the lauter tun
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:lol: A little bit past the homebrew stage then! Very impressive indeed. 
 
My budget is a little restricted. Part time teacher salary, you see. I have a Peco Boiler and multiple bucket fermenters. I guess I can get into all grain brewing with just a supplemental mash tun, right? How are those Cooler Box Mash Tuns? Good value or is there a better alternative? Advice appreciated! Thanks
 
wheebz said:
yea with BIAB and squeezing, which you basically have to do, you are pulling out a lot of the pulverized grains and making your wort dirty as hell
 
if you are doing it in a mash tun, then you can vorlaught your wort from the bottom to the top to set your bed and remove a lot of that particulate
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Using the grain bed as a filter! 
 
ronniedeb said:
:lol: A little bit past the homebrew stage then! Very impressive indeed. 
 
My budget is a little restricted. Part time teacher salary, you see. I have a Peco Boiler and multiple bucket fermenters. I guess I can get into all grain brewing with just a supplemental mash tun, right? How are those Cooler Box Mash Tuns? Good value or is there a better alternative? Advice appreciated! Thanks
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I used a 5 gallon igloo cooler for my mash tun, and a 7.5 gallon stainless steel stock pot to boil in
 
worked great, and a continuous sparge for 30 minutes got me around 85% efficiency 
 
wheebz said:
I used a 5 gallon igloo cooler for my mash tun, and a 7.5 gallon stainless steel stock pot to boil in
 
worked great, and a continuous sparge for 30 minutes got me around 85% efficiency 
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Thanks for the advice.
 
grantmichaels said:
I watched a couple of YT videos late last night ...
At least I have a 10k foot view one person's way to do small batch, now ...
 
Anything glaringly wrong here?
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I sped through a few of these, and it is pretty decent.  FWIW, if you are thinking about doing full AG, why not make 5 gallons for the same time and close too investment?  
 
If you are interested in learning more, I really recommend you check out this link. The entire book is online free, and is essential reading for all stages and experiences of brewing.  Worth reading before buying any gear.  John Palmer is a HB legend, and there is much more to learn beyond this book, but it is icing on top of the essentials you will find here. 
 
http://www.howtobrew.com
 
Oddly enough, or maybe not, I made my way there tonight ...

Been getting up to speed overnight ...

Could brew tomorrow, but will probably just get more work-work done and brew Monday night, without pressure instead ...
 
wheebz said:
Well Grant?
 
How did the beer go
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It seems like for the first couple of months, I'll be on a two week cycle, and I was that day to fall on a Fri or Sun, so I'm going to do it Friday night ...
 
I hadn't noticed the ice-bath part, so I'm going to brew on Friday night ...
 
Friday is the day I wanted initially, but I had to work last Friday night (rare), so when I get done Friday I'll run out and pick-up a couple of bags of ice and do this thang ...
 
I've recently tested my water for the pepper plants to be a ph of 8.5, so I ordered some of that 5.2 stuff and the pH strips from HTH's video, and some StarSan or whatever (the kit comes w/ something granular) ...
 
Friday, though ... it's going down for real.
 
I'll probably use bottled drinking water, I guess, for this batch ... it's only a gallon, so no big deal ...
 

wheebz said:
Well Grant?
 
How did the beer go
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Do you like your ASK WHEEBZ as single inquiries, or a batch of ?'s ;)
 
The PH 5.2 was actually what Weebz had recommended... well maybe not recommneded, but said he used, several pages back. I took that as a recommnendation!
 
I've since strayed away from the stuff for different reasons. With extract and all that I really don't think you are going to need to worry about it using bottled water and all, which is fine.  I'm kinda drunk and lazy, you did say it was an extract kit you got, right?
 
HigherThisHeat said:
The PH 5.2 was actually what Weebz had recommended... well maybe not recommneded, but said he used, several pages back. I took that as a recommnendation!
 
I've since strayed away from the stuff for different reasons. With extract and all that I really don't think you are going to need to worry about it using bottled water and all, which is fine.  I'm kinda drunk and lazy, you did say it was an extract kit you got, right?
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Nope, not extract ... I didn't go that route.
 
It's AG, perhaps simplified somehow ...
 
wheebz said:
I used to use that pH stabilizer stuff but only back in the day before i started modifying individual components
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I assume everything matters ... as per the usual ... TDS, pH, presence of chlorine/choramine (sp?), and more ... but hopefully that can wait a little ...
 
I do have a terribly inefficient RO filter somewhere, but I'd sooner buy it since that thing operates such that it takes 25 gals of water to make a single RO gal ...
 
I mean, for gallon-by-gallon brewing, Publix "drinking water" gallons don't really contribute much cost to brewing ... hopefully they are within the ranges, generally ...
 
wheebz said:
chlorine is your biggest out of everything  
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So then, rule #1, don't use tap water without letting it off-gas the chlorine for a day or two, I guess ...
 
 
 
I think I saw in some YT videos where people have "techniques" for priming the siphon w/ the sanitizers and then pulling the beer behind that, but I'll have to find a video w/ a quality demonstration of that so that I can emulate it ...
 
How to to move liquids around using a siphon seems to be one of the required skills, certainly ...
The auto-siphon looks very similar to the pump we used to use to get water out of the boat, so I have a pretty idea how it work ...
 
Executing is different from understanding, though - especially if things are hot and/or heavy ...
 
Bumper said:
Yep.  
 
With persistence and squeezing I can get most of the sugars out, and I tend to adjust my recipes to allow an extra couple of litres of sparge water to do this.  My efficiency now averages 75% which is not too shabby.  I have an electric winch to hold the bag up so I can spend a bit more time trying to counter this drawback and let it drain right out and pour the sparge over the top of the grain while it is hanging over the pot and give it a squeeze.  Not as pretty as pumps doing it for you, but space is an issue for me in my garage so it works well on that front.  
 
That is one well organised and spotless brewery wheebz! 
 
The other minor drawback from brewing on other rigs you seem to get a bit clearer wort going into the boil kettle with a separate mash tun. 
 
I just kegged an English Special Bitter and an American IPA (mosaic and freshly dried homegrown cascade hops for flavour and aroma additions mmmm)   I'll post some pics next week once they are carbonated. Flat beer never makes a good photo.
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Here's the AIPA - in truth it came in closer to a double at 7% and 100 IBU.  Still coming up to the right carbonation pressure.  Nice and clear!  Mosaic hops giving flavour all over the place, with a rich dank fresh cascade finish.  I'm happy! [/URL]">http://
 
a little late-night beer porn before bed for the sweet dreams ... nice!

i just found the stout recipe section on homebrewtalk ...

which looks like it could keep me busy for an eternity ...
 
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