Richlandbrewer
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So I have the requisite 10 gallon cooler mash tun fitted with a fancy domed false bottom supplied by Williams brewing. (It set me back, but hey....)
I have had trouble with my runoff. As in, it doesn't run off. To circumvent the obvious, yes, I use 180 degree laughter liquor from a tank that I run into the mash tun using gravity as the laughter progresses. I am reasonably confident that my crush is good (not too fine, at least, I have my own mill). But when I open the valve to start laughtering, it just sits there. This has happened to me a couple of times to varying degrees - I have rescued it twice by emptying the whole bloody thing into other containers and re-loading the tun. This has worked, but threatens to end my brewing career!! One idea I have is that maybe it is air-locked, and if I ran a tube down to the false bottom from above the mash level maybe that would allow for flow.
Anybody out there recognize this??
Any help is apreciated
I have had trouble with my runoff. As in, it doesn't run off. To circumvent the obvious, yes, I use 180 degree laughter liquor from a tank that I run into the mash tun using gravity as the laughter progresses. I am reasonably confident that my crush is good (not too fine, at least, I have my own mill). But when I open the valve to start laughtering, it just sits there. This has happened to me a couple of times to varying degrees - I have rescued it twice by emptying the whole bloody thing into other containers and re-loading the tun. This has worked, but threatens to end my brewing career!! One idea I have is that maybe it is air-locked, and if I ran a tube down to the false bottom from above the mash level maybe that would allow for flow.
Anybody out there recognize this??
Any help is apreciated