Managed a brew-day on Saturday, the Deya Hokum Stomp Oatmeal Porter. Went for an outside brew on the G40...[ATTACH=full]59765[/ATTACH]
It's a lot simpler set-up than my old one, especially when doing full volume mash/no-sparge...
33l of water weighed in
Looks to measure just under 33l on the gauge however, a squirt through the pump and it shows a litre higher
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Bought a couple of cheap digital thermometers, useful for double checking temps
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Mashed in and recirculation is on, tried checking pH but my meter is dodgy now, always seems to measure higher than actual when compared to a dip strip.
Smells gorgeous though
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Mash finished, I sparged with 1.5l of warm water to get to my pre-boil volume of 29l, guessing that equals 30l on the gauge
First wort hops chucked in and up to boil
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Giving me time to clean up the malt pipe and have a cheeky pint
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Pre-boil sample now down to temp, so time for some figures
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I'm guessing 1.044... 6 points down on what was predicted, maybe I shouldn't have added the extra water!
Boil over and transferred to the FV, the counterflow chiller is so much quicker than my old immersion one. 23l into the all rounder, so meeting my boil off volumes, just need to work on grain absorption.
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Post boil gravity checked...
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1.050, make that 1.054 after temp correction. Still 4 points down. That looks to be a 10% drop in efficiency over my last brew, think I'll try sparging next time!
Overall I'm very happy with the G40, it's a lot quicker to set up and to clean/break down after the brew and having the remote app is a god send when you are trying to brew whilst showing a plumber the massive water leak under your house!
