A question about perfect machines
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I'm sure someone will let you know... Eventually.
As long as we don't have to repeat it more than a few times, you should be ok.
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Nothing like that... Am I the one going about it all wrong? If that's the case, why do people enjoy my homebrews so much?
Mash tuns serve a purpose. That is to mash! They are all pretty much the same. Your choice will do you well.
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They only differ in construction of the vessel, the way they filter the grain, how you sparge with them, and such... So yeah, pretty much the same.
I've set up two cooler mash tuns before with two different style bazooka screens. My keggle mash tun uses a NorCal full diameter false bottom. The keggle mash tun is the one I like the most of the three. Not sure what I'll get for the next step up, depending on the target size. I might not have much choice there.
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They only differ in construction of the vessel, the way they filter the grain, how you sparge with them, and such... So yeah, pretty much the same.
I've set up two cooler mash tuns before with two different style bazooka screens. My keggle mash tun uses a NorCal full diameter false bottom. The keggle mash tun is the one I like the most of the three. Not sure what I'll get for the next step up, depending on the target size. I might not have much choice there.
Okay, I'm just going to use the tubing I got from Home Depot. Rig it up and make it work... go all redneck on it!
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Just be sure to make SMALL cuts/holes for the grain to filter through... OR look at the threads from people who have made them with success. IMO, you can buy a bazooka screen for short money. Get that installed and go from there. Trying to make something different can lead to more headaches, frustration, and throwing of mash tuns.
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I can just use my dremel for that, right? I already have the idea in my head, don't need to look it up...
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Shun-SHENG duh gao-WAHN, not another one...
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Shun-SHENG duh gao-WAHN, not another one...
I don't understand....you think I'll **** up? I'm going to make this work with what I have to work with, maybe tonight I'm not thinking clearly about it... but once the kit arrives and I read their instructions.... compare that to what I know... it'll work. I got this. I'll ask if I need help.
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And I don't mean I was squishing whole squirrels through the grain masher. I meant after they are skinned, de-boned, organs and glands removed. You are then left with just a thin layer of meat, fit right through the machine so that's what I though it was for... pardon my mistake....
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If you have a set of feeler gauges, see what the tightest gap you can get on that squisher is. If you can't at least get to .039", do NOT use it.
Milling grain requires more precision than squishing squirrel flesh.
And you continue to use incorrect terms... A 'grain masher' is a mash tun, where you mash/process the grain into sweet, sweet, wort. NOT where you CRUSH the grain (the mill or crusher)... :smack:
Bobby please stick to beer making. Squirrels, turtles, knomes and such are best left to another thread.
Make your beer with the beer kit you bought. It will be good.
Make your beer with the beer kit you bought. It will be good.
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**** the correct terms... I do know what I am doing here.... all my love... hubby is finally dozing off....
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Does he mean gnomes? **** those little ****ers who steal beer...
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Why do I find it difficult to believe that??
You don't exactly have a stellar track record in this category.
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Why do I find it difficult to believe that??
Again I will say, smurf off. What do you mean, besides the talcum powder baby butt batch, all my beer has turned out just fine!!! In fact, some might say "stellar".
This is one of the times I agree with GD... Except for his threads about equipment and such.
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You got Pappi Smurf pissed off now...
I was talking about your threads, and things you've posted. Doesn't instill confidence that the mash tun build will go according to plan/script (without a laugh track at least
) and trying to use something made to tenderize the squirrels you've slaughtered to MILL the grain is just a nasty thought. Unless you're going for a squirrely brew. 
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You can try... I'll just open a window and freeze your FL buttocks.
Or have some chili first and lock all the windows and let 'em rip.
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You can try... I'll just open a window and freeze your FL buttocks.
Below 72 degrees fahrenheit, I freeze, I want some chili... homemade right?
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It's 21F outside right now... As I mentioned earlier, the lowest it will be, this week, is 4F (at night). Won't get above 34F this week for a daytime high. :rockin:
Of course the chili is home made. What type of heathen do you take me for? Don't answer that.
I even grind the meat up myself for it. Soak the beans at least overnight too. No stupid seasoning packs used here (unlike my sister and brother-in-law ).
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Of course the chili is home made. What type of heathen do you take me for? Don't answer that.
Seasoning packs piss me off... can you pass me a bowl?
Are we talking about chilli. Pass me a bowl too.
I'm sitting here in my home, it's wnter but I keep the temp low cause I like cool. I'm weariing socks, sweatpants and two shirts. Very snugy. Tonight will climb into my bed with a big warm comforter. Nice
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How cold can it be out in CA?? Seriously...
I don't have that much chili left from the previous batch. It is on my list of things to make though. I made turkey soup on Saturday from the xmas bird carcass. Next up is another batch of pasta sauce. Need to get that made this week too. IF I have the room in my freezer, I'll make a batch of chili too. Just need to be sure I can get the 4-5 kinds of hot peppers I use. At least 4-5 habanero's are used in the batch. A couple of jalapeno's, serrano peppers, and whatever else looks good. Few onions too. Both the sauce and chili have to be made in my 16 qt stainless pot. Everything else is too F'ing small. Eventually, I'm sure I'll be making batches too big for that too.
I don't have that much chili left from the previous batch. It is on my list of things to make though. I made turkey soup on Saturday from the xmas bird carcass. Next up is another batch of pasta sauce. Need to get that made this week too. IF I have the room in my freezer, I'll make a batch of chili too. Just need to be sure I can get the 4-5 kinds of hot peppers I use.
At least 4-5 habanero's are used in the batch. A couple of jalapeno's, serrano peppers, and whatever else looks good. Few onions too. Both the sauce and chili have to be made in my 16 qt stainless pot. Everything else is too F'ing small. Eventually, I'm sure I'll be making batches too big for that too.
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How cold can it be out in CA?? Seriously...
I don't have that much chili left from the previous batch. It is on my list of things to make though. I made turkey soup on Saturday from the xmas bird carcass. Next up is another batch of pasta sauce. Need to get that made this week too. IF I have the room in my freezer, I'll make a batch of chili too. Just need to be sure I can get the 4-5 kinds of hot peppers I use.
I'm going to send you some peppers as soon as they start making again. Fungus got to them last season and I was unable to correct it, due to rain washing away my corrections. Had some great habaneros, jalapenos, bells, I could go on and on. **** fungus and their ruining effects.
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Let me know when you have some to send up... Not sure if I'll still be in NH, or if I'll be in Maine by then. :rockin: Send them up and I'll send down some of what I use them in.
