Height adjustable sparge arm (adjustable by using a different length of 3/4" silicon tube). Pic taken after brewing was finished. When in use the plate sits just below the water line.
My latest brew (my 3rd brew ever) only yielded 53% (brewers friend) efficiency which I feel is low considering my brewing system. When I say low I'm referring to the OG. OG for the lastest brew was .050, at 65% I'd be hitting .061.
I have 3 keg system. Mashtun has a pico false bottom...
mashtun recirculating system
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Hi,
3 months after buying a second hand keg I'm nearly there..
Plan is to do full volume mash's to negate the need for sparging - which of course means I don't have to make a hot liquor kettle to get started :mug:
To say I'm looking forward to actually brewing something would be the...
Good to know.. thanks for that Pat!
It's been mentioned to me that a ss scrubby around the pickup will help a lot with high pellet loads. And I also see the hop rocket now comes with a high flow insert.
Hi Lehr. Are you doing an pre filtering before the hop rocket? I've just ordered one and I see on the blichmann site they say..
..it is not intended to filter all the sediment and particles of your brew pot while using at a hopback. The large quantities of pellet hops, trub and other debris...