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The Brewing Process
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The Brewing Process
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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