Recirculate your wort during the mash!!
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- A quick look at how your wort is clarified when recirculated during the mash.
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Good to see you back! I actuskky just purchased a spike CF5, it arrives tomorrow, you're videos played a huge part in helping me decide to pull the trigger.
What a nice message, thanks for sending it. We've been busy, and then sometimes I just can't think of anything to film and share here on the channel ( I like to try to do fun unique and useful topics). You must feel like a kid on Christmas Eve knowing that your CF5 arrives tomorrow. My CF10 just keeps chugging away - just transferred my latest Hazy IPA from it yesterday. I know you'll enjoy it, and the folks at Spike are great when it comes to any support needed (you can feel free to ping me as well). It is summer time here in Tacoma, temps in the 80s and daylight from 4:00AM to 10:00 PM. It is a great time of year for sure!! Thanks again for the note. -Duane
Good job. Always enjoy the content.
Thanks for watching. It is always nice to hear from you. I hope you guys are enjoying summer (did you get any of that really hot weather?).
@homeandlawntips474 big time. The last few days were horrible. It's a bit of a cool down today, but right back into the summer heat next week.
I hope you enjoyed the trip. I've only been to St Thomas, and it was the most beautiful place I've seen other than Banff National it was my favorite trip. Got back just before the hurricane destroyed it. You take care, my friend!
Cool seeing how your brew system has been updating. Do you notice a difference in brewhouse efficiency when recirculating vs. not?
Thanks for watching and your comment. It is funny to think back all those years to plastic buckets and kettle on the stove. How things have changed!!! As for efficiency - YES absolutely. I am typically around 78 - 80%, but even better than that things are very repeatable from batch to batch. My gravities , ABV, yield are usually identical each time I brew a recipe (especially this pilsner recipe).
Nice to see you post a brewing video again. I have been re circulating my mash for a long time, at first manually with a jug and then with a pump which certainly frees up a lot of time. Now I have a plate chiller, just wondering if you have a changeover valve to swap from circulation to chiller, it looks as though you have here but not connected?
How about a full brew day video?
Lovely setup you have by the way
Hello, thanks for watching and your note. First off, I appreciate your suggestion of a full brew day video. Often, the hardest part of doing the channel is thinking of what folks might like to see. I'll add it to the list. :: My three way valve allows me to change from the mash recirculation to the mash tun to kettle transfer (I hadn't added that hose when I recorded the video). When I get ready to transfer to the fermenter through the chiller I need to reconfigure the hoses. Footnote: once I flip the valve to the transfer position I move the recirculation hose from the mash pump to the sparge pump. It has been close to 100 degrees here all week in Tacoma, finally getting a cool period (mid 80's, beautiful!) Thanks again for writing, it is always nice to hear from you. -Duane
@@homebrewingtips6029 I have just ordered a 3 way valve to get this setup better. So you use 2 pumps, I must look into that as well I guess I currently use one pump and swap from re circulation to sparge and then to chiller but this gets a little messy and needs priming each time.
At the moment I only have a HLT and a PID controlled mash kettle, so when I sparge I slowly drop the wort into a bucket whilst the sparge is pumping across and then pour it all back into the kettle for the boil, it works fine but is a little heavy and I could do with a third vessel ideally.
@@ridley8340 Right on, the 3-way valve really helps simplify things. My pumps are :: march style AC powered pump for the mash; Solar water system DC pump for the sparge (it is the little brown one on the left that you can see in the video). The little DC one is nice because you can control the flow using a variable DC power supply (mine is the little yellow w/red flames box on the bottom of the stand). I 100% agree that every time you have to move the hoses it makes a bit of a mess. I've just tried to limit the number of changes (I think that I am down to two). I also agree that all of this gets a bit heavy when you are moving it around manually. i typically target 8 or 10 gallons, and that is a bit much for me to be moving manually (especially when it is extremely hot). I love the PID, I have sort of a poor man's version using the induction cooktops and manually monitor and adjust the heat (usually that is only a few times during the mash). let me know how the new setup works for you, I think you'll be happy with it -Duane