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Offline tankie

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New all- grainer...Maybe
« on: April 09, 2015, 05:54:20 pm »
Hi all! I,m about to jump on the all-grain bandwagon after a few years of extract brewing......couple questions.... Whats a good overall grain mill setting and where can I get more specific info on malt conditioning?.....Thanks...Tank

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Re: New all- grainer...Maybe
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2015, 06:27:55 pm »
Braukaiser has info on malt conditioning. Mill setting is more try and adjust than "this works best."

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Re: New all- grainer...Maybe
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2015, 06:37:10 pm »
Mill setting is more try and adjust than "this works best."

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Re: New all- grainer...Maybe
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2015, 08:55:42 pm »

Hi all! I,m about to jump on the all-grain bandwagon after a few years of extract brewing......couple questions.... Whats a good overall grain mill setting and where can I get more specific info on malt conditioning?.....Thanks...Tank
Go for it. I was a multi year extract brewer. Batch sparge and BIAB are both very easy. Fly sparge not too bad either. It takes 2-3 batches to get things figured out completely. My first couple of batches had low efficiency but they were still good beer.

I recommend picking early recipes that have room for error. Maybe 1055 OG target. If you end up at 1050 it's no big deal.

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Re: New all- grainer...Maybe
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2015, 06:37:31 am »
You'll have to play with it to get the grist you want. Too wide and it is too coarse and too narrow of a gap produces much more flour and ruins the husk. That'll increase the likelihood of a stuck sparge or the need to slow the runoff down to avoid one, thus unnecessarily lengthening the brew-day. Too coarse also would lengthen the time needed in the mash to achieve conversion and perhaps reduce brewhouse efficiency.

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