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[FSR402]

I might be doing something wrong but when they say vorlauf until "clear", I think they mean free from grain bits and husks. My runnings are a bit cloudy but free of the bits. It takes a couple of quarts.

Sounds like you did well although if it was me I would have been sleeping by the end of the boil with the beers you put away.

I think you are right. I was not able to get it to flow without the chunks.

as for the brews, I'm not a "little guy" and I drink a lot so I'm used to it.

 

[dantodd]

I also did my first ag batch this weekend. (only a 5 gal batch of wit)

Is straining the runnings out of the mash tun a good idea? I've heard this hot side airation can cause problems.

The only study I've seen with a blind tasting of hot side aeration was on Basic Brewing and they found that hot side aeration made no difference in taste. I think the wort that they ran the drill bit paint mixer was the only one that had an off taste but that was due to an infection if I remember correctly. Not too surprising since I think it was the one that was aerated post-boil which makes sense because the wort wasn't boil-sterilized after aeration.


I found the podcast if you're interested. I didn't re-listen to it: http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr03-16-06.mp3