Yep, it's been some time and noticable as well!
Brewed this morning, pot is cooling as I write.
I tried setting the mill to creditcard thickness, but I Ozzie cards must be thicker
Couldn't get any grain to crush and the handle kept getting loose.
I opened the gap a bit and crushing went fine. I double crushed, but I am sure I opened the gap far too much resulting in lower than expected gravity readings
Anyway, that's with hindsight.
Heated water to just below 74 oC, added grains and put the pot into it's own cosy place. This held the temperature extremely well. After an hour it was 67-68 oC, a little higher than I wanted.
But refractometer reading of only just over 6. The other refracto said 7 and a bit and the hydrometer 1.020. All at higher temps than should have been. The sample tasted sweet though.
Decided I should increase the boil to 90 minutes, but the gas bottle had different ideas.
My hop additions got thrown out a bit as well.
I used the immersion chiller for a short while, maybe 5-10 minutes, but it is too big for the pot I used and I decided to remove it and close the lid to let it cool down naturally. Temperature was below 60 oC so I don't expect an extra bittering effect.
I contemplated adding sugar, but decided to let it go. I'll just end up with a fairly low alcohol beer. But it will be beer!!!!