Recent content by Redkite

Had similar problems myself. I now put a bag inside the malt pipe which cures the problem. Feels like I'm compensating for a problem that shouldn't exist but it means I can get on with making beer rather than solving an engineering puzzle, no disrespect intended to those who are trying to find...

Time to test the water with an Inkbird

Bang in the middle, up a mountain, I get my water out of a borehole and my TV signal from England (The Wrekin), useful if I want to know what the traffic is like in Birmingham. I can barely see the nearest house. I'm 10 mins from Caersws. Do you know parts of Wales?

And in another Kegland post "At the end of the day the more important temperature to be hitting is in the core of your malt pipe ... So when you understand this you generally come back to realizing the necessity of a second probe in the core of the malt pipe Thank you for your candid response...

Diolch

Greetings from Wales, I've been brewing from kits, on and off since the late seventies but got back into it more regularly in the last year. I have to say things have improved a lot and my recent brews have been very acceptable - a Youngs American IPA deserves an honourable mention. After a lot...

Thanks for your advice SkyPie, we're thinking along similar lines. Watched David Heath's YouTube video's on hysteresis and knocked that down and it did improve things a little but I'm still getting overshoots. I agree there's probably an effect of thermal mass causing the temp. to continue...

Like Bottoms_Up and dmsn7d I too am suffering large overshoots in mashing temps, up to 4.9C while recirculating. I am also experiencing pump blockages more often than not. I will be using a brew bag in future to prevent the blockages. I have used a small dinner plate in the bottom of the malt...