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I’m using omega voss right now. Pitched yesterday into mid 80’s temp wort but due to the cooler temps now I at the suggestion of some here bought a heated seed mat basically a heating pad that I put on the carboy. It’s 71 in my basement but that carboy is nice and warm and completely off the...

So today with 7 gal strike water on a 17.25 grain bill I collected almost 5 gal first runnings. Most I’ve ever had but I milled a touch finer and I then double milled part of the grain, collection got slow toward the end but it never got stuck and the grain bed was dry on top when it stopped...

I have a question For the group. ive started hopstandding at 175 instead of doing two diff ones, starting at 195 then cool to 175 then add the second hs, I was just getting to much residual hop burn. So do u guys have a time you hopstand for or do u stop when u reach a certain temp like 130...

Ok I’ll check it out thanks

The 2 gal isn’t all under the fb. I believe just over a gallon is left under the barbed fitting so some of that leftover volume may be undrained wort from the sparge tooo either way sweet stuff being left behind. If I can find a way to drain it al I can use less water and leave less if nothing...

Yes that’s with the false bottom removed. I’ve looked at those elbow fittings. Time to look at my post where that was discussed cuz I found a few sites out there that may have what I need. Oh. Idea didn’t link btw.

Any ideas of how to fit one to this. If I can suck all that unused wort out and clarify it through the Vorlauf I think that would def boost my efficiency and I wouldn’t have to use as much water either since I’d be collecting all of the runnings.

This is what I’m thinking. This batch today is 17lbs for a double neipa but I feel like instead of 8% it should be higher. I don’t like to tip the mlt after the collection stops because what comes out is just cloudy wort with grain particulate in it instead of the nice clean wort so I just...

Ok that’s what I’ve been getting from what I’ve read and I basically pull off 4gal of first runnings and 3.75 gal after my sparge.

Just checked my last neipa in beer smith and I got 79% mash efficiency with a brew house efficiency of 72% and that was hitting all my volumes and numbers.

Ok cool that’s kinda what I was thinking as we discussed this, pretty sure I’m at my peak efficiency unless I start fly sparging. Getting my mill was my next big step and since I got that and it’s improved I don’t really have many avenues left to look at to improve efficiency.

with my new mill I went from 68% up to 73-74% the last batch. That’s brewhouse efficiency. I’m usually pretty spot on so far with matching my pbg to what beer smith projects it to be and I set my overall efficiency at 73% now. I’d rather not boil longer especially with a neipa which is what I...

So go with an even thinner mash?? I drain the first runnings till it stops flowing. So try an 8gal mash in and 3 gal sparge? Or even go with a 2 gal sparge. I find with the false bottom dead space the gal or so liquid that may be under there then gets eventually recirculated into the sparge when...

In any effort to increase my mash efficiency I’m wondering about my water ratios. Today I’m brewing a neipa with a 17lb grain Bill crushed on my mill set at .028mm. I’m mashing in with 7gal, 1.56qt/lb, I’ll get 4gal first runnings. Then I do a mash out/single sparge with 195deg water to bring...

I just ordered the vivosun brand off amazon for 13.77. itll be here Sunday which is brew day so my voss kviek will be happy.

Ok so it can be anything even like a blanket. Just don’t want anything catching fire ya know.

Cool. Think I’ll look into those. I’m guessing the 45W should be just fine. What should I use to insulate it?? Like those foil looking carboy shields or can I simpler than that.

If I just left it on how how much heat will it add, if that can even be calculated. Like 20-30 deg to the ferm temp? With kviek I have no problem if it climbs into the 105 deg range. where would I find a seed mat? Grow store?

And the seed mats stay on indefinitely??? The ferm wraps look like their somewhat insulated, do u know do they stay on indefinitely or do they to shut off after awhile

Ok gotcha. With the kviek it’s just to chill to 90’s, pitch yeast and then I just need something to hold it at that temp, so yeah turn on heat source and let it go.