I did my first all grain batch yesterday and ran into a couple of problems.
I brewed a low gravity beer, the AK47 Pale Mild from Norther brewer. This recipe has only 5.5lbs of grain in the mash and then a lb of corn sugar is added at the end of boil.
I fly sparged using a 10gal Rubbermaid cooler and a false bottom. While doing the Vorlauf I couldn't seem to clear the wort of grain debris (the wort clarity cleared up, but there was still quite a bit of debris). Eventually, after 10 minutes of recirculating, I said F* it and just sparged with the grain coming through.
My thoughts are that the grain bed was too shallow (about 3" +/-) and when I would add the water it would disturb the grain bed, never allowing it to officially set.
What are your thoughts?
Thanks for the help.
I brewed a low gravity beer, the AK47 Pale Mild from Norther brewer. This recipe has only 5.5lbs of grain in the mash and then a lb of corn sugar is added at the end of boil.
I fly sparged using a 10gal Rubbermaid cooler and a false bottom. While doing the Vorlauf I couldn't seem to clear the wort of grain debris (the wort clarity cleared up, but there was still quite a bit of debris). Eventually, after 10 minutes of recirculating, I said F* it and just sparged with the grain coming through.
My thoughts are that the grain bed was too shallow (about 3" +/-) and when I would add the water it would disturb the grain bed, never allowing it to officially set.
What are your thoughts?
Thanks for the help.