I have also kept good notes on all post boil losses. I have noticed that for a couple of brews I seemed to have to boil longer to hit my OG (or at least get within 1 point of it) AND still get my target volume in the fermenter. Ive done a water test twice (the first time, I just eye balled it and the second time I was much more precise) and both times I got a 1gallon per hour boil off (Im using 240V). OK, I just finished up my brew day and for the life of me can't figure out why my OG keeps coming up short even when I hit my mash gravity and pre-boil volumes dead on target. And thats why they recommend the amounts they do. Especially without recirculating with the pump. I think if we went thicker with the mash it would probably burn or scorch on the bottom. So this makes me wonder what is going on for people who are not using the pump to recirculate during the mash? I am guessing this is because the temp is being measured at or near the bottom and the heating elements are at the bottom. But I noticed during that short stuck period my mash temp which I had set at 150 was being displayed as 157. 5 lb flaked wheat and no rice hulls.) It wasn’t a big deal, I stirred it up as the instructions said and slowed down the pump flow, even though I thought it was already slow. But I know my mash set on the one brew I did so far. If you are using the pump, the extra liquid is there for that. Most of us are reporting efficiencies near 68%-70%. Especially if you are getting high 70’s! That’s awesome. I don’t think you want to change these ratios too far off of this. If you plan to sparge, the manual calls for 6.6 gallons (120v) or 7.1 gallons (240v) and then you heat 1 gallon of water and rinse the grains with it after you lift the malt pipe and let it drain. I kept my cooler mash tun for thoseīut I chose the 6.5 for what I want to do and it works well for that.įor a 16 lb grain bill, the charts in the Foundry manual call for 7.8 gallons strike water (120v) or 8.2 gallons (240v) for the No-Sparge method. ![]() Maybe once or twice a year and I mostly save those for family at Christmas or holidays. That said, I do a barleywine or RIS on occasion. Why brew Coor’s Light if Coor’s Light is readily available and Coor’s does it cheaper and better? I want to brew Fuller’s London Pride. I kind of always have been - as Bitters and Best Bitters have always been the things I brew the most. I also don’t go through the beer like I used to. I am getting older (almost 60 now) and everything is easier to handle, move, and manage with 3 gallons. That would make it harder to do small batches. I thought I read in one of the other threads where somebody said the 10.5 doesn’t have markings below 5 gallons. ![]() It seems most of the questions go the other way - people want to know if they can buy the 6.5 and still make 5 gallons of barleywine. I thought about this too before I bought the 6.5 and I’m kind of interested in this answer too. That satisfies my need for the occasional bigger batch. If I had switched to 120V, I would have yielded an additional 2 to 2.5 liters which would get me an 18 liter batch (4.75 gal) without issue. I think that I could get another liter into the pre-boil volume and use Fermcap S to prevent a boil over. It did take using my old brew pot to sparge in. I recently did a 16 liter (4.2 gal) batch with ease and plenty of head room. When it will be commercially available is anyone's guess. Having said that, I do know that Anvil has been testing an insert which would block the side perforations of the mash basket to allow for easier brewing of smaller batches. In my discussions with the Anvil/Blichmann engineers at HomebrewCon, I came to the conclusion that I would rather do my typical batch well within the capabilities of the device rather than at the lower limits of its capabilities. I typically brew 10 liter batches (11 liters at end of the boil) but do throw in an occasional 20 liter batch. I contemplated this route back in July when I purchased my 6.5 gal Anvil. Kind of like buying a pair of pruning shears to trim the lawn, it will get the job done but it is a messy process.
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