milnea
Member
I'm new here and just started all grain. I tried brewing honey ale the other day. I was having trouble with the sparge--wort that was cloudy and filled with particles. From what I've read on here that's a problem. I did indeed take a few cups of wort from the mash tun and feed it back into the mash, pouring it over a double layer of tinfoil with holes. Seemed to get a little better but not much.
I'm using the DIY mash tun, 10 gal cooler etc, that I found here. There are two things I suspect. 1) I used only 8 lbs of grain, so it is possible there was not a sufficiently weighty and dense mash column above the SS hose to plug all the holes. 2) The mash tun was at an angle. Stupid, I know. I was being a little hasty and my basement doesn't have too many angles.
Thank you for any help,
-Alex
I'm using the DIY mash tun, 10 gal cooler etc, that I found here. There are two things I suspect. 1) I used only 8 lbs of grain, so it is possible there was not a sufficiently weighty and dense mash column above the SS hose to plug all the holes. 2) The mash tun was at an angle. Stupid, I know. I was being a little hasty and my basement doesn't have too many angles.
Thank you for any help,
-Alex