new brewpot so to avoid hot break madness. this one a 40qt with valve and an added temperature gauge, which we obviously need.
First step in the process is to boil ~4gallons of water to steep our grains. Important the water is at 165 degrees. Unfortunately we:
- used the tube which closes the spout for the mash tun as the tube to get the water from the brewpot into the tun (tough to follow, but basically we were pouring water into a tub, and neglected to realize tub had an open spout)
- didnt think to notice the temperature gauge is at the 3 gallon or so water line, so once water fell below that, temp gauge showed a drastic decrease which we attriburted to who the fuck knows, and just increased the propane. Once we realized, we check the temp with another thermometer, and water, of course, was near boiling at 200. Fortunately we stopped the flow once we saw something was wrong. Unfortunately, about half the water already in the grain.
the result will still be golden
Picture is said brewpot, courtesy of profit sharing despite recession worries, etc
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