Brewing an FES

[Leann ull]

What are you using for the return on the herms into the mash tun, been trying to come up with a plan for this myself?

I have a keg spear with a t on one end with the feed and temp probe the other side on the business end I managed to pick up a metal version of this from a guy on Jims
https://www.morebeer.com/products/siphon-spray-wort-aerator.html?a_aid=homebrewing

I think hot side aeration is a myth but not taking any chance either

And with Chugger gives a good dispersion across the top of the liquid level below the wort line.

You can use anything as long as it's a uniform dispersion to avoid channelling.
In my old cool box I had a plastic manifold
I've seen fancy food approved tricklers in Angel Homebrew

http://www.angelhomebrew.co.uk/en/sparging-equipment/169-large-flexible-sparging-spray-hose-12-hose-system.html

Even silicone hose with one end sealed and several holes in it sitting on top will do the job

Return silicone pipes sitting directly into silver foil tins with holes punched in them, just try and use one where it matches very closely the shape or diameter of your MT you don't want dead spots and start slowly with the holes in terms of diameter and number of them
I'm thinking better to have more of them with smaller diameter.

[cruiscinlan]

CH, whats your grain bill for this?

[Leann ull]

Sorry I can't publish it as its not my recipe but I can tell you that it had MO, chocolate, brown and crystal 120

[molc]

I just have a silicone hose sitting on top of the mash as the return arm. Doesn't seem to channel and gave 80+% efficiency last batch. You need to spare slowly though I find, even with herms, otherwise the water runs straight through. Maybe that's where a return spray arm works well...

[Damofto]

Thanks lads, I might just try the silicone hose first and see how I get on.

[DEMPSEY]

My mash ton has a temp probe so I use the silicone tube and push it in to the mash and up against the probe. It gives me another temp reading along with temp read out on the HERMS outlet .
That Angel sparge arm looks like it should be on sale in Anne Summers shops

[Leann ull]

I just have a silicone hose sitting on top of the mash as the return arm. Doesn't seem to channel and gave 80+% efficiency last batch. You need to spare slowly though I find, even with herms, otherwise the water runs straight through. Maybe that's where a return spray arm works well...

Silicone tube is always a good start but you do need to distribute unless it's in a tin or something or you are stirring regularly.
At that juncture as the wort already has all the goodies in solution from mash and mash out temps all you are doing is rinsing the husks with the sparge
Only 80

[Leann ull]

That Angel sparge arm looks like it should be on sale in Anne Summers shops

Your mind is warped if you think that's a Willy ring

[nigel_c]

Nice looking beer 😉

[Leann ull]

somebody much cleverer than me came up with the recipe

[Will_D]

So its Nigel's Gold Medal, NCB Brewed, aged for 2 years, RIS then!

[Jacob]

Below recipe for NCB winning cask RIS
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php?topic=2155.msg25519.msg#25519

[nigel_c]

Nope. Different one.

[Leann ull]

"Don't tell em Pike"

[nigel_c]

That recipe is far too nice to be put on a general release.
Can't clams it though. Rossa and Dec drew it up as well. Really really good. even out of fermenter you could tell its gonna be special.