Black IPA, basically adjusting a Wookie Jack clone to my preferences.
OG 1.084
This was my first trial with some new equipment and trying out a manual HERMS set up. The brew day was rough. I couldn't get my new Captain Crush grain mill to work right for awhile. It just kept spinning only one roller and not catching the other. Then, while trying to recirculate my mash through an old copper immersion chiller in my HLT, the temp of the mash kept varying so much. It was much more difficult to keep the temp consistent than in my test with just water. Adjusting the speed of the pump, and the flame on the HLT, wasn't working as well as I'd hoped. I may try to get better burners and put solenoid valves on them with controllers. Then, when transferring to the carboy, the plate chiller clogged. At least I thought it did, because it ran just fine when I was cleaning it, but wouldn't pump any more while I was transferring. Maybe I will put an SS braid on boil kettle to hopefully prevent debris from getting in there. On top of that, it was freezing outside.
On the plus side, I hit my numbers exactly, which I've never done with my previous, orange cooler mash tun.