finally got to brew on my new rig this past President's Day. it's based on the StrutChannelFittings kit but i made a few mods. i can make 15 gallons of 1.060 wort by filling the MLT to the brim (looking to upgrade it...). it was a fun project but took longer, and cost more, than originally planned. shocker, i know. glad i won't be doing this again for a few years.
my first brew day in the rig was rough, mostly due to my own incompetence. my favorite screw-up: i did a water brew the day before, it got frigid cold overnight, and on brew day i couldn't figure out why i couldn't recirculate my mash... after a half hour of hacking around, reversing flow, swapping out valves, etc etc etc i finally figured out that i didn't empty my wort pump the day before so the water inside froze overnight. d'oh! 4 days later, my MLT is still full of spent grain because it froze solid that night and it hasn't thawed out since. at least it doesn't smell bad!
questions and comments always welcome. cheers!
my first brew day in the rig was rough, mostly due to my own incompetence. my favorite screw-up: i did a water brew the day before, it got frigid cold overnight, and on brew day i couldn't figure out why i couldn't recirculate my mash... after a half hour of hacking around, reversing flow, swapping out valves, etc etc etc i finally figured out that i didn't empty my wort pump the day before so the water inside froze overnight. d'oh! 4 days later, my MLT is still full of spent grain because it froze solid that night and it hasn't thawed out since. at least it doesn't smell bad!
questions and comments always welcome. cheers!
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