Well guys after reading posts on here for weeks before I got all my equipment together, I finally did my first all grain last weekend. I brewed a sweet stout. I had brewed a few batches a while back but after a buddy started all grain I decided I needed to get back into it. What fun other than the diaster I had.
I have the coleman extreme with a copper manifold. I decided not to solder any of the parts together thinking that they went together very tightly and the 13.5 lbs of grain would hold them. Well I was wrong on that thought. I got a stuck sparge and after sticking my hand in the hot ass water I realized one of the ends had come apart. I ended up scooped most of the grain out into a bucket and then pouring the rest into the bucket while I fixed the manifold. After it was put back together I poured the soaking grains back into the tun. After two more batch sparges everything came out great. Luckly I had set my efficency low enough in Beersmith, since it was my first all grain. After all said and done my OG still came out 2 points higher than set in Beersmith. Hopefully this means I will get a good efficency once everything works correctly.
My suggestion is now I am going to solder the end parts of the manifold so that don't come apart.
Brandon
I have the coleman extreme with a copper manifold. I decided not to solder any of the parts together thinking that they went together very tightly and the 13.5 lbs of grain would hold them. Well I was wrong on that thought. I got a stuck sparge and after sticking my hand in the hot ass water I realized one of the ends had come apart. I ended up scooped most of the grain out into a bucket and then pouring the rest into the bucket while I fixed the manifold. After it was put back together I poured the soaking grains back into the tun. After two more batch sparges everything came out great. Luckly I had set my efficency low enough in Beersmith, since it was my first all grain. After all said and done my OG still came out 2 points higher than set in Beersmith. Hopefully this means I will get a good efficency once everything works correctly.
My suggestion is now I am going to solder the end parts of the manifold so that don't come apart.
Brandon
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