heywolfie1015
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First, I miss my temps by about four degrees because I forgot to account for the extra pound of rice hulls in my grist. Second, after taking first runnings, I pour in the water for my batch sparge and start to stir. I notice a random (large) set of bubbles come up near where the manifold connects to the outlet hose. When I go to sparge, I get a chunk of grain and then nothing. Turns out the manifold slipped out of the outlet and the whole thing got jammed up. I couldn't put the sucker back in because of the foot of 170F water between my hand and the outlet hole. So, I tried just scooping and pouring the grain into a colander over the brew pot. As you might guess, not ideal and the whole pot was filled with little pieces of wheat and barley. Ended up just scrapping the whole session because my frustration was so high.
Argh!
Argh!