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No, I had a hose from the MLT to the bottom of the brew kettle/collection tank. I did, however, only open the ball valve about half way. Is it relatively standard practice to just "let er rip" or is there a gray area of finesse that I have yet to discover? As for the boil rate, I suppose I let...

So, if I get this right, it's better to have a quicker run-off than what I did? Also, my run-off was between 6.5-7 gallons, but a LOT seemed to boil off, as I only ended up with about 4 gal in the carboy! Tasted great though. Would it be advantageous to do a third running and just boil it down...

Hi guys, first post on this site. As I type, my first all-grain is boiling away on my gas stove. I was a little worried, however, that my SG after two runnings through my newly created MLT (batch sparge) was 1.043. Too inefficient? Here's my grain bill for "The Pale" AKA "El Pale Alerino if...