I love this forum...The search (on this site) doesn't work for me much, but Google sends me right back here every time. I was just interested in how to use nuts in a brew. I like that paper bag idea. Kudos to you Chriso! ClutchDude the food processor...great idea, I will just chop and not use the butter setting.
Second thought, maybe a cutting board and a good chopping so that the dusty, small, particles are left to a minimum. I run my beer through a coffee filter going into keg, so clear beer always happens.
Thanks all involved.
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I'm doing this one today, it's just about to start the boil. Can't wait to see how it turns out!
By the way, I ended up getting just under 7.5 gallons of wort from the mash tun after all sparging (Yes, I measured the right amount of mas water and sparge water).
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You definitely win my award for "Most Enthusiastic New Brewer".
That 7.5 gallons of runnings (turns out beersmith was a bit off, but it's ok) boiled off to 5.5 gallons from the 90 minute boil, making my efficiency 94% with a 1.070 OG. Holy crap! 7.2%ABV Scottish Ale, nice! I made a thread trying to figure out if 94% is even possible, and after confirming everything multiple times, it appears as though it's a result of over sparging and the large boil off volume, neither of which negatively affected the brew.
Can't wait to see how it turns out.
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You definitely win my award for "Most Enthusiastic New Brewer".
Very nice! As long as it ferments cleanly, and the oversparge doesn't contribute to excessive tannins, everything should be just fine. It's not like 7.5g of runnings is a huge dramatic oversparge by any means! I will be eagerly watching for further developments, thanks! c
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I will be eagerly watching for further developments, thanks! c
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