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Of course I didn't stir the wort, so i guess the pre boil Gravity is wrong. Bill: 10 lbs 2 row 1.25 Munich 0.5 victory 0.25 chocolate

Ok, after looking at my notes, it was a SIX gallon batch. 13.12 lbs of grain Drained tun, 1 sparge of 5.5 ga My pre-boil Gravity was listed at 1.022 but I'm wondering if that's the error.

Hypothesis #2 is that some of my grains weren't crushed. Like the LBS dude forgot part of the recipe. Like my dude, but read of this happening, dunno?

My guess is I miss measured during sparge and diluted my batch

I was shooting for 5 gallons with a 1.054 OG. No idea what happened, but got 5 gallons at 1.044. Mashed in a 10 ga. cooler for 90 min at about 155f Vorlaufed, batch sparged Boiled for 60 min, boiled off 0.5ga. Fermented down to only 1.011 FG Here's the weird part: it's easily the BEST...

I made this back in early January. Forgot about it until today, so I tried one. This stuff is dangerously good. If I'd have known how easy this is to make when I was a freshman in college, I'd have gotten into big trouble fast. I'd have been super popular, but also in deep deep poop.

update: turns out if you stick this thing in a mash tun at an angle, you can pour your batch sparge water through it, breaks up the stream real nice. don't know if its better than just using a collander or tin foil, but it works.

Apologies: Raiders of the lost Ark had the warehouse scene.

Was able to to find a half dome false bottom at Hop City in ATL on my way through this morning. Guys were super helpful and sympathetic. Highly recommend them! My old contraption is in a crate and is being wheeled to the back of a giant warehouse (a la Last Crusade) as we speak.

Mac640sp

On impulse I bought a false bottom for a 10 gallon igloo type mash tun. I couldn't find the parts for the ball valve, so I ordered a 10 gallon cooler mash tun online. Naturally, the false bottom doesn't fit, leaving a inch gap between the wall and its edge. Also naturally, I can't find a...