stillts wrote:ok smoked grains.. that sounds interesting. Do you smoke the grains yourself, or buy them that way.
Next batch I will try adding some LME too
I smoke them myself, I used to use a fish smoker but now I use a 20lt pot with a mashing false bottom. I just put what I want to smoke it with underneath it, put the grain on top and then sit it on a little camping stove on very very low heat.
But you can just put it in a regular smoker if you have one, the bigger debate is what you smoke it with as peat is had to find in Australia.
I've used potting mix peat and even rabbit droppings. But oak with a little apple or cherry wood seems to be the best.
RC Al wrote:stillts wrote: Can you safely switch off the boiler in the middle of a run and resume it another day?
Yep, not a problem, let it settle at full reflux for 10 mins, slowly draw off 50-100ml as a "just in case" fores cut and then go back to what you were doing.
Happens more often than you would think, not every run goes smoothly, lols
I had to do that yesterday, I run outside and always use a single 2400w element, but very cold temperatures and a new 4" bubble plate worked against me yesterday, so today I had to put in a 3600w element and run it that way.
I still managed to get 12lt of of a 45lt run at 40% abv.