Recent content by prosperbrews

I just received my unistrut parts. For the ends of the rail, I noticed you have bolts through the rail to block the trolley from coming out the end. Did your unistrut come with these holes pre drilled? Mine did not

Thank you - I figured as much and ordered all the parts yesterday. Excellent solution

Can you link to the exact parts you used, please? This looks like a great idea.

Here is an update from my previous posts on efficiency issues. It turns out my theory was correct. I just finished brewing a cream ale today with a 12 lb grain bill. I made all of the adjustments I talked about previously. Ditched the steam condenser and upped the boil off to 1.5gph per hour...

Hoping I can overcome this limitation by not using the steam condenser in favor of traditional boil (adds 1 gallon to boil off, which means more mash water) and lessening the grain bill in anticipation of a higher efficiency. Doing both of these things brings the grain/grist ratio up from 1.2...

You are doing 10+ gallon batches. You have enough water to completely submerge the grain bed and then some, so it makes sense you’d have much more water on top of a settled grain bed. This is my theory why 5 gallon batches suffer in efficiency - grain bed is much thicker and doesn’t have the...

Mine is sitting on my grain bed, there is about .5 inch of wort that sits on top of the grain bed

That 3.5 gallons of water is not in contact with the grain bed to aid in conversion. Sure, you recirculate, but there is also a fair bit of channeling going on as the water moves through the grain bed. I think folks are seeing higher efficiencies with 10 gallon batches due to having more water...

I use a refractometer. I also run with the manifold fairly wide open. If I open it up too much the water shoots pretty high out of the larger holes, so I clamp it down a bit as to not create hot side aeration. Nonetheless, I’m still getting very good flow and keep an eye on the site glass which...

Are you sparging to get that mash efficiency? I believe I have narrowed down my low 60% efficiency issues. I have been doing mostly 6 gallon batches with 16lb grain bills. Because 3.5 gallons of water remains under the basket, my mash thickness is always pretty high, sometimes less than...

I also set a -3 degree differential in the probe to account for differences in mash temp and below the basket. Provided I have good flow, my thermapen reads spot on by sticking it 6 inches into the mash at various locations.

I was referencing mash efficiency - so clearly I have some points to gain somewhere. I also use the 20 gallon kettle and do 5 gallon batches. My mash is always pretty thick as my grain bills are typically around 15-16 lbs with a lb of rice hulls to go along with it. Does a thicker mash impact...

Now that I’m 10 brews In on the CBS system, hoping we can get the conversation going on efficiency. I have my volumes and temperatures dialed in right now - no problems there. However, my efficiency has constantly been in the 60-65% range across all kinds of grain types - wheat beers, IPAs...

Actually, it most definitely was deleted and there was also one reply to my post which was also Deleted. I even got the email notification when someone replied to the post which had the reply documented in the email. See attached - Metzen replied and noted his sprayer had also rusted...

The McMaster .9 gph sprayer