ivndrago
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Been (all Grain) homebrewing on an 5G electric induction 3 vessel system for over 10 years.
Decided to make the plunge and upgrade to 10 gallon batches but only using 2 vessels. I ordered the SS Brewtech system. I installed a steam condenser onto the kettle lid to avoid the increased steam output.
Over the past two month I have fine tuning the use of the system; to me its been a huge adjustment. Temperature control has been a huge issue (largely in the mash tun). I did change out the thermowell and that has helped with better temp reporting. Yesterday brewed and (I think) everything went best of all in the past 2 months. I have notice one problem that I have not been able to find a thread for correction.
Since Im using a Steam Condenser, I dont loose as much liquid in the 1hr boil. I have noticed that my gravity numbers dont change much at all. For example, My post mash gravity was 1.064. After my boil and losing about .75gallons of water during the boil, my OG came in at 1.065. This is not making any sense to me and it has happened several times. Any ideas that I can try out would be a huge help as Im now just banging my head on the wall.
Other issues Ive had:
- increasing the temp in the mash for mash out has been challenging. Is this related to flow as I am recirculating?
- the thermowell was reporting 5 degrees from the actual. A thinner walled thermowell works a lot better and is more acccurate (~1 degree).
- Controlling the recirculation flow from Mash to Kettle back to Mash is also a challenge. Have two pumps valves, the mash tun valve, and also two ball valves into the Kettle. I use the Kettle ball valves to control as I seem to have better luck with the flow.
Thanks guys!
Ivan
Decided to make the plunge and upgrade to 10 gallon batches but only using 2 vessels. I ordered the SS Brewtech system. I installed a steam condenser onto the kettle lid to avoid the increased steam output.
Over the past two month I have fine tuning the use of the system; to me its been a huge adjustment. Temperature control has been a huge issue (largely in the mash tun). I did change out the thermowell and that has helped with better temp reporting. Yesterday brewed and (I think) everything went best of all in the past 2 months. I have notice one problem that I have not been able to find a thread for correction.
Since Im using a Steam Condenser, I dont loose as much liquid in the 1hr boil. I have noticed that my gravity numbers dont change much at all. For example, My post mash gravity was 1.064. After my boil and losing about .75gallons of water during the boil, my OG came in at 1.065. This is not making any sense to me and it has happened several times. Any ideas that I can try out would be a huge help as Im now just banging my head on the wall.
Other issues Ive had:
- increasing the temp in the mash for mash out has been challenging. Is this related to flow as I am recirculating?
- the thermowell was reporting 5 degrees from the actual. A thinner walled thermowell works a lot better and is more acccurate (~1 degree).
- Controlling the recirculation flow from Mash to Kettle back to Mash is also a challenge. Have two pumps valves, the mash tun valve, and also two ball valves into the Kettle. I use the Kettle ball valves to control as I seem to have better luck with the flow.
Thanks guys!
Ivan