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No, not using rice hulls. I should have taken a picture of the bazooka screen after the mash. It had very fine grain on it, almost like bread dough.. I used 0.038 as the gap setting for the grind. Maybe I mixed too much with the mash paddle..

Here are some pics for you Indian_villager. As you can see the false bottom is kinda tall, which leaves plenty of room to have the bazooka screen installed underneath it. It is interesting that Neal has used a bazooka with a false bottom and not had any problems. I had it fail twice...

I ferment in a chest freezer and I love it! Definitely know what you mean by almost passing out from the co2 when you open it up! I really like using a thermowell for the temp controller probe. I have found that there is a big difference between the internal temp of the fermenting beer and the...

2 oz Bravo, 2 oz Centennial, 2 oz Cascade dry hop (pellets)

I am hoping that I can fit one these 5 gallon Big Mouths into my chest freezer (5 cu. ft) along with my 6 gallon carboy so I can ferment 2 batches of beer at a time. I have just over 17 inches of space above the compressor, and I read that the 5 gallon Big Mouth is only 16 inches tall with the...

Misc. brew stuffs

Hello brew folks! So I recently upgraded my mash tun to a 10 gallon stainless pot with a false bottom and bazooka screen (Bayou Classic). I previously was working with a 10 gallon Rubbermaid mash tun, and decided to upgrade because I don't like the idea of plastic. When I did my first...