Grainfather

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

so do 2 10 liter batches then. How are ye finding the use of hop pellets. Are they clogging up the flow rate.

I did it recently with an 11.75kg grain bill.
5.875kg mashed as normal, no mashout, sparge back upto preboil.
Add in 2nd 5.875kg to existing wort, mash again then mashout this time.
Sparge back up to preboil vol.
Boil.

I have exact steps and gravity reading written down if anyone wants them.

[Pheeel]

The new filter being the Tee shaped one yes.

Yep

[DEMPSEY]

For those of you who have brewed with the grainfather,what sort of efficiency are you getting. Wanting to set up an equipment profile in beersmith for this 

[Acott]

I think there's a Grainfather equipment add on in Beersmith

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

It's no use though ... I got one from the Facebook users group, I'll try find the link

[Simon_]

For those of you who have brewed with the grainfather,what sort of efficiency are you getting. Wanting to set up an equipment profile in beersmith for this 

I nearly always get 83%

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/Grainfather%20profile.pdf?token=AWwgw2K3ScvTBEvel9nsWJ4LmvI5DzqEPtULvbtnXDcfoPYT-pUAZGRE-Lv9za2ge9CJnstKbVtpOe64Mrz1s1h741Mk-kBiKUb6cJXFbogV-zea8uTkpiPVWTkmnXSNZ91UjPcVaEfeoObfVGakBHQA0hFgcQ8Fu9ZyjoLH_1G5eQ

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Here's another one that I copied

https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/GrainFather19LProfile.pdf?token=AWwdyIaN-u7HZQFri_dU8-aniTCBT6qIlY5Tc5dgsDh4a9hIhCPZDZ8RqC8kBrQ07yZrg0SMpOF3KH2u3xWSViWLTnvqEzhK5u0eW2Myi-GPFksph3qr35bEhqQy_-ryEfzVp1M_spS6OOIpkPSdWanw

[Pheeel]

Thanks for the link. The regular Beersmith one is awful!

[armedcor]

Are people happy with their grainfathers? I brew on my own and setting up my regular system has just become a hassle I don't enjoy unless it's something big like a barley wine.

Thinking a grainfather is the way to go.

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Ease of use and ease of setup are 2 of the many reasons why I'm delighted I bought a grainfather.
I look forward to brewdays and in fact I probably have too much beer brewed because of it ... Good complaint I know.

[armedcor]

Ease of use and ease of setup are 2 of the many reasons why I'm delighted I bought a grainfather.
I look forward to brewdays and in fact I probably have too much beer brewed because of it ... Good complaint I know.

Yea the ease of set up etc is really why I'm interested. I can't have my gear set up permanently and dragging everything outside,  setting up extension leads, etc takes a good hour every brew day. It'll be a while before I make a purchase but I think I might bite the bullet!

[Pheeel]

Grainfather is an excellent bit of kit. I used to brew on gas. It was a huge pain, too expensive, kept overshooting my mash temp and too many things to clean. With the GF i can put it on after dinner to get to mash temp, watch a film with the kids, start the mash half way through the film, put the kids to be and be done with loads of time to enjoy my previous brew. Clean up is a joy (as much as clean up can be).

[jawalemon]

I graduated from biab in a keggle to it in October and love it. I've never been able to work out efficiency but it's way better than the biab setup I had.

[DEMPSEY]

Here's another one that I copied

https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/GrainFather19LProfile.pdf?token=AWwdyIaN-u7HZQFri_dU8-aniTCBT6qIlY5Tc5dgsDh4a9hIhCPZDZ8RqC8kBrQ07yZrg0SMpOF3KH2u3xWSViWLTnvqEzhK5u0eW2Myi-GPFksph3qr35bEhqQy_-ryEfzVp1M_spS6OOIpkPSdWanw

This one has the brewhouse efficiency at 75% should I move that to 83%