Grainfather

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Pellets for me in a hop bag everytime, never any issues with pump filter.

I once had a very slow sparge but that was due to grain crush too fine.

[Hefeman]

What do you do after the boil? Say whirlpool with paddle, then cool to 80C then hop stand followed by counter chill to FV?

[jawalemon]

I cool to 90 add hops and recirculate for 30 min before cooling into fv

[Hefeman]

No whirlpool? Wonder if I have a bad pump or something, I'm sure mine would clog up and slow toa trickle if I did this without using bags

[DEMPSEY]

Grainfather is too narrow and the filter is almost in the center  to be able to have a successful whirlpool.

[Acott]

Does anyone find that the odd bit of grain is ending up in the boil? Did a brew today and noticed some grain made its way in, worried about tannins now!

It didn't escape down the side when I was mashing in as I use a funnel, nothing went down the overflow pipe during mashing either.

I think the plate at the bottom is letting grain through, not because of the rubber seal but because of the size of the holes and possibly my crush.

I noticed some Bruameister owners had the same trouble with grain in the boil, they now come with an extra mesh filter to cover the plate. Might give this a shot for the next brew.

[Pheeel]

I only had problem with grain getting through when i had a very large grain bill and it overflowed a bit. Whats your crush size?

[Acott]

Unfortunately I don't have a pic, using a corona mill at the minute

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Get yourself a set of feeler gauges

[jawalemon]

I did a brew today and whatever way it was recirculating after flame out it made a hop cone(ish). On previous brews all the hops gathered on the hop filter.

[DEMPSEY]

Was the flow ok

[jawalemon]

Yeah, was better today compared to previous.

[Roo]

Jasus.... Glad I came across this thread. I've had the Grainfather for about 10 months now and felt like a loner. I find beersmith complex at the best of times so I was glad to see that there was an app for this wee beauty. Funny thing is the Grainfather App puts me about 2 litres short of sparge water in comparison to the Grainfather manuals calculation. It's a great piece if kit that after about 6 brews I'm getting the hang of. Whirlpool was never mentioned before and when I did it on met latest batch I was able to extract more into the fermenter as the clogging became less of an issue. I do believe my brews are getting more consistent and the final results are worth the outlay. I have the old filter.

Has anyone set this on a plant stand with wheels? I heard that is the dogs for ease of movement.

How many Northerners like myself are owners?

[Acott]

Get yourself a set of feeler gauges

Intersting, if anyone has a gauge that is working for them on a corona mill it would be much appreciated!

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Jasus.... Glad I came across this thread. I've had the Grainfather for about 10 months now and felt like a loner. I find beersmith complex at the best of times so I was glad to see that there was an app for this wee beauty. Funny thing is the Grainfather App puts me about 2 litres short of sparge water in comparison to the Grainfather manuals calculation. It's a great piece if kit that after about 6 brews I'm getting the hang of. Whirlpool was never mentioned before and when I did it on met latest batch I was able to extract more into the fermenter as the clogging became less of an issue. I do believe my brews are getting more consistent and the final results are worth the outlay. I have the old filter.

Has anyone set this on a plant stand with wheels? I heard that is the dogs for ease of movement.

How many Northerners like myself are owners?

I made a stand specifically for my grainfather - it's currently out on loan to another grainfather owner.

I'll post a few pics when I get it back ...