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I have heard about stuck mash, read about it, even watched a Youtube video about it. Now I have lived it. OMG!
I bought a grain mill (Cereal Killer 2 rollers) I set it up with a chargecard and ground 12 pound of grain. I got my Brewzilla out, heated the water snd mashed in. Ah, all was right with the world. A few minutes after the pump started I heard a beep. I turned to look at my Robobrew and saw E3 error code. Now I thought my unit had malfuntioned so I borrowed one from my buddy. Same thing happened. AGGG now what? Both units had burnt wort stuck tot he bottom. I cleaned my buddies first and started to calm down.
Finally when the panic subsided I realized I had a stuck mash. I had ground the grain to fine. I was so distraught I thought about just throwing it all away but I could not bring my self to waste 12 pounds of grist. I emptied out the Robobrew Brewzilla 3.1.1 into a brew bag put it and the wort into a 10 gallon kettle then I hooked up an INKbird controler to a hot plate and finished the wort.
It is now in the allrounder under pressure it seems to be very cloudy. I am thinking it is from the fine grind on the grain. Or cooking it in a kettle for a long time maybe 2 hrs. time slpped away on me, whatever, it will be some kind of beer.
I would like to hear how to get the grind right and what can be done to this beer to clear it. The OG was 1.064 Sunday at 7:30 pm today (Tue. 815:an the gravity is 1.018) still very cloudy.
!0 lbs. Weyerman Pilsner
1 lb. Swean Munich Dark
1/2 Lb. carpils
1/2 lb. Acidulated malt.
1/2 oz Saaz 3.4aa first wort
1 1/2 oz Saaz 3.4 @ 30 min
1 Oz Saaz 3.4 @ 10 min.
1 whirlfloc tab @ 15
Lallemand Voss kviek yeast pitched at 82 degrees f.
I bought a grain mill (Cereal Killer 2 rollers) I set it up with a chargecard and ground 12 pound of grain. I got my Brewzilla out, heated the water snd mashed in. Ah, all was right with the world. A few minutes after the pump started I heard a beep. I turned to look at my Robobrew and saw E3 error code. Now I thought my unit had malfuntioned so I borrowed one from my buddy. Same thing happened. AGGG now what? Both units had burnt wort stuck tot he bottom. I cleaned my buddies first and started to calm down.
Finally when the panic subsided I realized I had a stuck mash. I had ground the grain to fine. I was so distraught I thought about just throwing it all away but I could not bring my self to waste 12 pounds of grist. I emptied out the Robobrew Brewzilla 3.1.1 into a brew bag put it and the wort into a 10 gallon kettle then I hooked up an INKbird controler to a hot plate and finished the wort.
It is now in the allrounder under pressure it seems to be very cloudy. I am thinking it is from the fine grind on the grain. Or cooking it in a kettle for a long time maybe 2 hrs. time slpped away on me, whatever, it will be some kind of beer.
I would like to hear how to get the grind right and what can be done to this beer to clear it. The OG was 1.064 Sunday at 7:30 pm today (Tue. 815:an the gravity is 1.018) still very cloudy.
!0 lbs. Weyerman Pilsner
1 lb. Swean Munich Dark
1/2 Lb. carpils
1/2 lb. Acidulated malt.
1/2 oz Saaz 3.4aa first wort
1 1/2 oz Saaz 3.4 @ 30 min
1 Oz Saaz 3.4 @ 10 min.
1 whirlfloc tab @ 15
Lallemand Voss kviek yeast pitched at 82 degrees f.