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Yes, just did the first brew with my Foundry and noticed the same thing. Unfortunately, I didn't use my digital thermometer and just trusted the Foundry's temp reading. Maybe that was the problem with my mash-in too? I had my strike water at 159 as the manual said, and it took over 20 minutes...

So, does lower than expected OG affect just ABV, flavor, or both?

I followed the instructions and recipe down to the letter. The system performed exactly as expected. What are some of the possible reasons?

I brewed a Sierra Nevada knock-off from a kit which contained 10.75 lbs of grain. The OG was supposed to be 1.052. I used my Anvil Foundry for the first time also. When the strike temperature reached 159F on the Foundry, I turned the power % to off and mashed-in the grains. I reduced the set...

New to all grain brewing, so please pardon these basic questions. When do you measure mash pH? After the 60 minutes mashing? Also, how do you determine "the efficiency of the mash?" I assume by measuring OG after the boil? Thanks

No. Technically, a 15 amp breaker will work with the Anvil 10.5, but I installed a 20 amp circuit because I never know what upgrade I may go with in the future.

Thank you. Understood, but is it a good idea to circulate cleaner through the pump?

I'm excited and ready to prep the new Anvil for its use. As far as cleaning it, is it OK to circulate PBW and Starsan through the pump? Any other recommendations for cleaning it? Thank you for your advice.

The fun (or significant challenge for me) begins!

This is excellent! I've thought about a smaller 3 keg version of this, but was wondering, do you have to clean an individual line if you haven't had a particular beer for several days or a week. How often do you have to clean the lines and what is the process?

Gre Great info! Much appreciate it!

The immediate problem I see with buying the 6.5 Anvil is that I see no all-grain "kits" available in 2.5 gallon sizes and I don't know enough yet about what I'm doing to spec-out my own ingredients and recipe.

I would appreciate your thoughts on the 10.5 version versus the 6.5 gallon version? I realize the 10.5 will allow me to brew 5 gallon batches, but will the height of 33" of the 10.5 versus 25" on the 6.5 make it harder to manage when sitting on a table, etc? Also, it seems that the all grain...

Thank you, I appreciate that, but unfortunately, it's a kit that specified OG but not FG. I'm going to invest in an Anvil Foundry once I get a little more experience, so I will be able to answer questions about grain bill, etc!

It wouldn't be a problem to do a gravity reading, but I don't know what the final gravity should be? My OG was 1.047, which was right on target.

I have a Kolsch fermenting with Lallemand Kolsch style yeast for a week now at 60 degrees. Bubbling has slowed, should I raise the temperature? If so, to what? Thank you for your reply!

Do you need to put a hepa filter in-line when using a tank?

What is a "low o2 transfer" and how do you accomplish that?

Third brew, feeling pretty confident since the first two turned-out fairly well, so thought I would ramp-up my game with an immersion chiller as opposed to an ice bath. Having completed a dry run, I knew there was no way my chiller would connect to my kitchen faucet nor would the immersion...

I have brewed several IPA's so far from kits and they have turned-out surprisingly well given my lack of experience, and the fact that they are from kits. I have used my well water, which is hard at 12 GPG with a ph of 7.3, for each brew. For the Kolsch, I plan to use 5 gallons of distilled...