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It's pretty simple. Strike water goes in. Some of it gets absorbed by the grain. Then you may add more infusion water for mash-out or other temperature steps. And then you sparge. When your done sparging some of the water that went into the mash will be lost through hoses, dead space under...

It may be referring to 5 lbs of water to 1 pound of grain or vice versa. Need to read the article carefully.

I recently brewed a 22P beer with the following grain bill: 15lbs pilsner, 8lbs munich, 2lbs aromatic and 2lbs sugar (in the boil) During the mash I did several steps with a direct fire mashtun. After sparge I found a large amount of scorching with a thick layer of burnt material...

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What is a burping mash? Well, I think it may be unique to my method of mashing and I want to find a solution. Let me explain. I do a modified batch sparge. I drain the first runnings as you would for a batch sparge. Then, I slowly fill the mashtun again to perform a fly sparge. I don't...

what happens if the element goes dry? Does it burn up? and if so, how do you prevent that from happening?

You should be able to adjust the zero on your thermocouple readout whatever that is. Sometimes you'll get two points to adjust. Read through the documentation and you should find something. I agree you should use an icebath and boiling water test points with your themocouple. It's easy...

Please read: http://www.brewerssupplygroup.com/pdf/knowledge_center/ClearBeer_Technology.pdf This article states that for products such as whirlflock 5 min before flame-out is best. Any longer in the boil and you harm the effectiveness of the product.

I'm trying to figure out how to design a tippy dump for my yet to be built Brutus. I need advice on how to solve a few problems: (1) How do you determine the position of the tippy and the swing angle of the mashtun? (2) Is it a problem for the mash tun to be higher than (i.e. not sit...

;) Oh really? In the three years I used Beersmith it never, ever, accurately predicted my preboil gravity. However, using a pencil and the correct information from the malster I was able to accurately and repeatedly predict my gravity. It may use a formula that with the correct information...

Ohhh yeah. Ok. So, its where you connect your computer to the BCS.

Slimer, forgive my ignorance, but what is the WRT540 in your diagram? What is its purpose?

No, I didn't even think of that. The one time I needed to do it I stabilized the temperatures of a gallon of each water and wert at 60F and then as accurately as possible made sure the volumes were the same. I needed about a gallon because the difference in weight between the two is only a few...

I imagine you have a scale? If so, you don't need a hydrometer.