uglygoat
Well-Known Member
well it was bound to happen sooner or later.
i have an igloo cooler with a cpvc manifold, basically a frame with holes in it to allow the liquor to flow out, whilst keeping the grains in. i've done about six batches in the cooler and not had a problem.
yesterday, my mother's day mash got stuck while i was sparging. don't know why. prolly some cosmic karma retrobution for brewing when i shoulda been doing something with the family...
i did use a pound of flaked barley as i was trying to reproduce guinness, i was reading that at lower mash temps the flaked barley can turn into a glop like oatmeal, and i was at the lower end of 155 i think.
anyhoo, anybody got any tips for the stuck mash? how do you get it unstuck?
i had a hell of a time and ended up transfering the mash to a bucket, then back and forth, i finally got most of the sweetness out, but ended up about a gallon shy of where i wanted the batch to be... luckily i had a pound or so of dme as insurance.
i have an igloo cooler with a cpvc manifold, basically a frame with holes in it to allow the liquor to flow out, whilst keeping the grains in. i've done about six batches in the cooler and not had a problem.
yesterday, my mother's day mash got stuck while i was sparging. don't know why. prolly some cosmic karma retrobution for brewing when i shoulda been doing something with the family...
i did use a pound of flaked barley as i was trying to reproduce guinness, i was reading that at lower mash temps the flaked barley can turn into a glop like oatmeal, and i was at the lower end of 155 i think.
anyhoo, anybody got any tips for the stuck mash? how do you get it unstuck?
i had a hell of a time and ended up transfering the mash to a bucket, then back and forth, i finally got most of the sweetness out, but ended up about a gallon shy of where i wanted the batch to be... luckily i had a pound or so of dme as insurance.