Recent content by cjd3

I had a geyser on a belgian ale I made. Looked awesome, but didn't have that much liquid loss. The best part of the blow off tube, is that that most that material is unwanted gunk: http://www.beersmith.com/blog/2009/10/10/better-beer-with-the-burton-union-blow-off-method/ I wouldn't split the batch.

Fly sparge, it's how I learned.

33680 + 10 gallons Termination Porter + 10 gallons Stocking Stuffer Winter Warmer 33,700 gallons

Right now it is 40 degrees, this winter it will be much colder.

I brew in the garage with the garage door cracked, and a CO alarm. Last month the CO alarm did go off because the garage door wasn't cracked enough, so there is danger there. Last brew day, I monitored the CO detector, and it never registered anything. I was also careful to make sure the burner...

My last 10 gallon batch yielded a really high efficiency, higher than normal. I tried to maintain a sparge at 168 that took 55 minutes, and I still had 1.020 sg in the remnant runoff. This was also with 27# of grain.

How long was your sparge? My last 10 gallon batch took 55 minutes, and I had really good efficiency.