I could maybe request a different crush I suppose but I don't really know what to ask for. ![]() Should I have used rice hulls with a 14lb grain bill? If so, how much do you add? I don't have a grain mill and just had the grain pre-crushed from the brew shop so can't really do any adjusting there. I used Northern Brewers's Chinook IPA kit and boosted the grain bill a little in Brewersfriend to get a little higher ABV. Tasted like beer alright when I pulled a sample after fermentation was done. Despite all the shenangians, it doesn't smell too bad. I have the batch in the kegerator right now carbonating so haven't tried it yet. After a 60 minute boil and two cups of sucrose later it was up to 1.064. That seemed to get things draining again but after sparging I was at 1.054. After 30 minutes in though, and two stuck mashes later, I just decided to go deep. The first couple times I was careful to only rake the top two thirds of the mash and not disturb the bottom of the grain bed. In the end, the mash got stuck at least four times and the recirc pump would just be overflowing the basket when I'd check on it. ![]() I don't think I got a nice and slow flow out of the pump. I tried to match the flow rate these guys were using in the videos but the pump started protesting with howling noises the more I tightened the clamp so I backed off. SInce I have no experience to fall back on, I relied on a few youtube videos that featuring the Foundry. The recirc pump comes with a clamp which constricts the pump hose to increase or decrease the flow during the sacchrification rest. I purchased an Anvil foundry last month and did my first all grain batch a couple weeks ago.
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