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Curious myself. A chocolate Chipotle stout would be right up my alley. Let me know how it comes out

I mash between 60-90min. Ramp up to 168 then sparge for 60-90min

I have a Kal clone and follow his steps. I have my mill at .045" and have 90+ efficiency Edit: I just realized this thread is about conditioning malt before milling. This is something I do not do.

Are you recirculating the mash? I once had a concern about sealing the false bottom with a silicon gasket. I recirculate and don't have an issue without a gasket

Check out Hayes Couplings. Cheaper than LoveJoys

There are two types of plastic in this world... Plastic that is broken and plastic that is going to break.

It's definitely bags of mixed grain. I buy my base grains in bulk and I'm not sure if this grain is for a 5lbs batch including base grain or if this is specialty grain for a 10 gal batch.

A few years ago I moved across country and put everything in storage. Finally got everything out and found (3)-one gallon bags of crushed grain. I must have been getting ready to brew before I moved. Part of me wants to throw them out and the other part wants to brew and make a mystery beer...

Yes. Those two metals don't play nice with each other.

I'm very disappointed how this thread ended. That being said, I own two Chugger pumps and love them.

Ideally I would sell my plate chiller, and buy a cfc. Free float the hops, recirculate the chilling through the pump, cfc, and then back to the kettle for a whirlpool. Let settle, then drain to fermentor. Will the blichmann hopblocker work on a recirc. chill? Just wanting an extra filter

You can soak them

Anyone do the following? Hop spider in the boil kettle to filter hops from plate chiller. Recirculate hot wort through pump to plate chiller, back to kettle through a whirlpool tube. Pull hop spider and continue whirlpool till pitch temp. Let cold and hot break settle for a few minutes...

Code please

I would like to get in on the next one. I grew up in the south suburbs, and my parents still live there. My folks could make the pickup for me.