Yes the day went very well.
shelly_belly knows his business. We brewed 2 batches at once with no muss and no fuss, still found time to drink and strum. Considering both batches were all-grain, that is something of an accomplishment.
The betterbottle is bubbling like crazy, temp is a little high though. I am in the process of raising the temp in the second fridge to something around 60 degrees to get a handle on it.
Got to get a refractometer, those things are sweet.
Need to find a more efficient way to sparge when the grain is in a nylon mesh laundry bag. It kept smothering the braid. Anybody got advice along those lines? s_b parted with his extra false bottom which is awesome, but I am wondering if there is a way to use a mesh bag and remove the need for any sort of filter.
Possibly finer mesh?