mcfire12
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So I did my second all grain brew today, I've added a ball valve, dip tube, and thermometer/ site glass to my keggle which was nice today! But... I cut off my last 1/2- 1 gallon at the end because I was just sucking up trub that I didn't want in my fermenter.
Brew day went like this, hit my temps for mash perfectly, pre boil volume perfect, gravity perfect, then I boil down to what beer smith is advising me which looked like it would have been perfect but I had to shut off the drain due to sucking up junk. I attempted to whirlpool with a spoon after I used my immersion chiller to get it to pitching temp. Stirred it up and let it rest for 15 mins. I attached a pic of what it looked like after. I can't get all the junk to just settle in the middle, it just evens out and I have a flat layer of junk at the bottom. Not sure what to do to correct this. Collecting only 4.75 gallon when I wanted 5.5 brings my efficiency way down. Any advice? I did use a whirlfloc tablet with 10 mins left to go in the boil. This was a super light grain bill 8.75 pounds and only a total of 1 oz hops.
Also, I don't seem to be getting clear wort from my mash tun even after I vorloauf several time ( i batch sparge) any advice on that?
Brew day went like this, hit my temps for mash perfectly, pre boil volume perfect, gravity perfect, then I boil down to what beer smith is advising me which looked like it would have been perfect but I had to shut off the drain due to sucking up junk. I attempted to whirlpool with a spoon after I used my immersion chiller to get it to pitching temp. Stirred it up and let it rest for 15 mins. I attached a pic of what it looked like after. I can't get all the junk to just settle in the middle, it just evens out and I have a flat layer of junk at the bottom. Not sure what to do to correct this. Collecting only 4.75 gallon when I wanted 5.5 brings my efficiency way down. Any advice? I did use a whirlfloc tablet with 10 mins left to go in the boil. This was a super light grain bill 8.75 pounds and only a total of 1 oz hops.
Also, I don't seem to be getting clear wort from my mash tun even after I vorloauf several time ( i batch sparge) any advice on that?