Hello thanks to this forum i have brewed extract beers and just did my first all grain batch on thursday night. I did alot of things wrong but i used everyone's advice and the motto rdwhahb. But i would also like to improve my brewing and the first and biggest problem that i had was my mash turn. I lost 3.5 degrees over one hour and 15 minutes this also could of been me opening up my mash turn and stirring it many times then i just left it alone for the last 40 minutes or so. Ok well the major problem was that i think my manifold that i made seemed to let a lot of the grain through the slits that i made. I recirculated about a gallon and a half from my first runoff. This is the first pint that i pulled out.
Then i started to recirculate and ended up with this
. I thought that this is what it should of looked like because it was alot clearer than the first run off. I brewed at night and did not have a flashlight so i thought i was doing everything right but after my boil i ended up with this in my fermenter.
This is not good
Well i was done for the night and knew i messed up but i pitched my yeast and went to bed. I think the problem might be my manifold this is what mine looks like. I cut the holes with a hack saw that might be too thick?
what do you guys think? If it helps i used 13 pounds of 2 row grain and 1/2 pound crystal 20L and 1/2 pound 10L. I used a hand crank grain mill at the brew store to crush all the grain. Thanks for the advice.

Then i started to recirculate and ended up with this


This is not good


what do you guys think? If it helps i used 13 pounds of 2 row grain and 1/2 pound crystal 20L and 1/2 pound 10L. I used a hand crank grain mill at the brew store to crush all the grain. Thanks for the advice.
