Is this element good enough

[Leann ull]

I haven't used that bag yet its just sitting there .
Prolongued sparging, in herms is pointless in my view as you have already extracted the sugars and they are in solution.
All I need to do at that point is wash any off the surface of the grain and for me thats drain and then rinse.
BTW I come across as being a cocky fuck know it all but just to be clear there is absolutely no right or wrong way to do this just shared info and why I'm really interested in SA's rims and the Ardbir stuff, and why if I was being honest with myself I'm probably more in love with the process and hardware rather than the beer .
Its a bloody long way from that shit in a bucket i made in the 80's as a student though!

Enough reflection back on topic, that elements good if you had the money buy an LWD from Homebrew builder way better and he will give you all the bits to get you going.

[Oh Crap]

I haven't used that bag yet its just sitting there .
Prolongued sparging, in herms is pointless in my view as you have already extracted the sugars and they are in solution.
All I need to do at that point is wash any off the surface of the grain and for me thats drain and then rinse.
BTW I come across as being a cocky fuck know it all but just to be clear there is absolutely no right or wrong way to do this just shared info and why I'm really interested in SA's rims and the Ardbir stuff, and why if I was being honest with myself I'm probably more in love with the process and hardware rather than the beer .
Its a bloody long way from that shit in a bucket i made in the 80's as a student though!

Enough reflection back on topic, that elements good if you had the money buy an LWD from Homebrew builder way better and he will give you all the bits to get you going.

I'm enjoying the debate. Good to see opposing arguments, the only reason in doing that way is because of the spare gear i have...
Homebrew builder... Edit brew builder.co.uk... Thanks ch

[Oh Crap]

Thanks CH (and feck u molc for starting all this 😜)
I went with the one from homebrew builder, 3kw lwd.
The wife is looking at all of the parcels arriving 🙈 Just 2 more deliveries then building time, I love a Christmas project...ill have plenty of time in the brew shed when she sees the cc bill

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

Perhaps you should consider a name change of your brewery to "The Dog House" ?

[molc]

Thanks CH (and feck u molc for starting all this 😜)
I went with the one from homebrew builder, 3kw lwd.
The wife is looking at all of the parcels arriving 🙈 Just 2 more deliveries then building time, I love a Christmas project...ill have plenty of time in the brew shed when she sees the cc bill

My work here is done I think I should put a big disclaimer on my thread saying just buy a Grainfather and enjoy. Just love my DIY too much

[nigel_c]

That's it. Its all well and good buying off the shelf but I love putting in the time doing the research and getting exactly what I want. It's like putting a recipe together. I'd spend nearly as long researching and putting a recipe together as I would polishing off a keg. 

Anyway keep thread updated. Good to see how other people's builds are going as well.