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Using a 5 gallon round rubbermaid cooler from the Depot. It's the cheapest model, which is probably also contributing to my temperature problem. I'm currently doing 1.5 qts/lbs grist with a 3 lb grain bill so that I have room to add infusions to bring up the temp, and still have the ability to sparge.

Thanks for everyone's insight :) I think a thinner mash would be a good starting point, once I can hold the mash temp in the 150s (F) for at least 30 mins.
 
Sunfire96 said:
Using a 5 gallon round rubbermaid cooler from the Depot. It's the cheapest model, which is probably also contributing to my temperature problem. I'm currently doing 1.5 qts/lbs grist with a 3 lb grain bill so that I have room to add infusions to bring up the temp, and still have the ability to sparge.

Thanks for everyone's insight :) I think a thinner mash would be a good starting point, once I can hold the mash temp in the 150s (F) for at least 30 mins.
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Between the cheapo cooler and the relatively small volume, I can see why you're having a problem holding temperature.
 
Yeah you probably need to start out a lot hotter with your strike water.
 
foto of the boil of the Imp Blonde Ale that I just put into the fermenter...... Summer is starting good.. have 130 liters fermenting, 3 fermenters going. Will bottle my Imperial Stout in a few days.
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Trialben said:
You must be near done with the Chiller In
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Yes sir, near done.... I put chiller in 15 min before end of boil. I always crank the heat prior to inserting the chiller to maintain the boil. I have a big gas burner, and a bigger gas burner under each pot. The big one maintains a very good boil at 70 percent valve open... the bigger one really boils it hard. No automation, just finger control and watching the boils :D and I am almost always near 2 inches from top of pot.... so, yes had some boilovers as well.
 
BrewPatgonia said:
Yes sir, near done.... I put chiller in 15 min before end of boil. I always crank the heat prior to inserting the chiller to maintain the boil. I have a big gas burner, and a bigger gas burner under each pot. The big one maintains a very good boil at 70 percent valve open... the bigger one really boils it hard. No automation, just finger control and watching the boils :D and I am almost always near 2 inches from top of pot.... so, yes had some boilovers as well.
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Ah I do exactly the same chiller in at 15 to go crank elements full bore ahead:D. I see it like this in at 15 kills the boil for a few mins then it gets a good 10mins at the end.
I was boiling with 3300watt of uncontrolled power yesterday it was quite vigerous too.
Keglands 4000watt power controller couldnt handle the heat kept tripping on me so I just let her go baby!

I'm thinking if buying the EZ boil pid from over the States but that's next years job;).
 
I remember watching Captain Kangaroo, Sherriff John ,Felix the Cat and the rest...
 
Jackson5 said:
this was taken in Sedona. Actually from the Midwest. Terre Haute, Indiana
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Sedona is great, but so are the pork tenderloin sandwiches in Indiana :) One of my pervious jobs included an annual sales meeting in Lebanon, where I ate them for breakfast, lunch and supper.
 
I lived in Vincennes for about five years. I miss that area.
 
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