BodaciousBrew
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Hi. We've upgraded ourselves from 1 to 3, to now 5 gallon batches. We bought the 5 gallon Igloo converted Mash Tuns with the coil at the bottom to filter out the wort. On our first brew with this system, the coil got crushed by our grain and the whole process took over 5 hours because the liquid could not exit through the spout. We ended up having to scoop out a lot of the grain and try and stir it up to lessen the weight on the coil. We are trying to figure out how to prevent this on the next batch. Our current idea is to put a silicone steaming basket from our kitchen in the bottom of the igloo cooler so it stands just above the coil, hopefully lessening the weight of the 12 pounds of grain plus water that will go on top of it.
Has anyone else had a problem with the coil clogging or getting crushed by the grains? How have you fixed this issue? Thanks in advance for your knowledge and help!
~Jen & Mark
Has anyone else had a problem with the coil clogging or getting crushed by the grains? How have you fixed this issue? Thanks in advance for your knowledge and help!
~Jen & Mark