Sorry for taking so long...
The brew day went really well, I like having everything contained in one unit.
It held mash temps well, I will have to make a jacket for it though. Had a few degrees difference from top to bottom.
The included immersion cooler worked really well. Didn't take long to cool just using kansas summer heat ground water...lol
I like the false bottom screen that it comes with, kept a lot of stuff out of the pump.
Only thing I would like to have had would have been a temp controller that wasn't close to the floor. I'm 6'5", so it's a pain adjusting temps.
But all in all I'm glad I purchased it.
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Cool.
What was your mash efficiency?
Mash pH?
Did you need rice hulls?
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Going off of beersmith, my mash efficiency was 73%, I was using a 14lb grain bill and there was plenty of room. And I didn't have any need for rice hulls.
My mash ph was at 5.2.
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That's great.
Alot of reviews said rice hulls were a must, mash temp was low during recirculation and even some said there were slight problems with the finished work.
1500 watts enough to boil?
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I didn't have any issues with temps and sparging went fine. My hydrometer readings were not far off.
And I had no issues with the boil, I'm just going to make a reflectix jacket just to bring temps up quicker.
I also didn't mind having to change the temp manually to step mash. so no big deal for me there.