Getting Started

• What is the brewing process?
• What should my Grainfather Electric Grain Mill speed be set to?
• What should my Grainfather Electric Grain Mill gap size be set to? What do the settings mean?
• What is the correct sized grain crush and is this important?

Mashing

• Can I use a Mashing/Grain Bag with my Grainfather?
• What happens if I crush my grain too coarse? What should I do?
• What happens if I crush my grain too fine? What do I do?
• Why is my temperature fluctuating during the mash when using the G70?
• Why is the boiler element base of the G30 have burnt material on it? Why is it not hitting the mash target temperature?
• What should I do if I have a stuck mash?

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Sparging

• What if my S40/G40/G70 is full and I need to add more water to reach my preboil?
• What should I do if I have a slow or stuck sparge? How do I know which it is?
• What is Sparging?
• How do I use the G30 Sparge Counter?
• Why does my sparge water need to be a specific temperature?
• Can I skip the sparging step?

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Boiling

• What is Boiling in Brewing?
• Why won't my app Brew Session move to the boiling stage or show 100ºC (212ºF)? I can see it's boiling!
• Why won't my pump start while I’m boiling, using the G40 or G70? 
• How long should it take to get a decent rolling boil on the G70?
• Advice for using husk-less grains and build up on the element base of Grainfather brewing units
• What should I do if I collect too much or too little wort?

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Cooling & Transferring

• How to use the S40 Immersion Chiller
• I have a problem with Counterflow Wort Chiller losing wort in the coil, how can reclaim this wort?
• Why is it taking so long to cool my wort with the Counterflow Wort Chiller?
• Why does wort come out in spurts during cooling?

Fermenting

• Why is there a black sludge on the inside of my GF30? What is it and how do I clean it?
• Do I have to rehydrate my yeast?
• How to transfer the beer after fermentation
• How do I collect a sample?
• How often should I dump dead yeast and dry hops?
• How do I stop air getting sucked back into the airlock when I crash cool the Conical Fermenter?

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Kegging & Bottling

• Can I use a bottling wand to bottle directly from my GF30 Conical Fermenter?
• Can I bottle directly from my GF30?

Other

• How is efficiency defined on the calculator?
• What is Wort Shrinkage?
• My beer has finished fermenting but is cloudy, what should I do?
• Glossary/Terminology
• Why did I get a low starch to sugar conversion?
• What is BU/GU?

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