The Brewing Process

Getting Started

• What is the brewing process?

Mashing

• Why is my temperature fluctuating during the mash?
• Why is the boiler element base of the G30 burnt after the mash stage? Why is it not hitting the mash target temperature?
• What is a mash out? Do I need to do it?
• Can I step mash in the Grainfather G30 or G70?
• Can I step mash in the grainfather?
• Do I need to change the process with small grain bills on the G30?

Sparging

• What should I do if I have a slow or stuck sparge? How do I know which it is?
• 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?
• Why is there a difference in the sparge water volume between the App and instructions?

Boiling

• 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 in the G70? 
• What should I do if I collect too much or too little wort?
• Why is my control box only showing 98ºC (208ºF) during the boil and not going any higher?
• How long should it take to get a decent rolling boil in the G30?
• I have a lot of foam forming during the boil, is this normal?

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Cooling & Transferring

• Why is it taking so long to cool my wort with the G30?
• Why does wort come out in spurts during cooling?

Fermenting

• How do I stop air getting sucked back into the airlock when I crash cool the Conical Fermenter?
• I can’t see bubbling in my airlock, is it fermenting properly?
• Why does the temperature of the Conical Fermenter rise above my target temperature in the first few days of fermentation?
• Can I add fruit/other adjuncts directly to my fermenter?
• When using the Dual Valve Tap on the Conical Fermenter, is there enough room to take a sample and dump the yeast?
• Does the Grainfather Conical Fermenter have a racking arm?

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Kegging & Bottling

• Can I bottle directly from my Conical Fermenter?

Other

• How is efficiency defined on the calculator?
• 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?
• Is the 'batch volume' the final, end amount I'll finish up with?

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