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I had already transferred this from a secondary .I had it in his car boy to age, is that still too much headspace for aging?

Next time I'll shoot for a higher volume. Just took a reading and I'm at the same gravity that I was two weeks ago, 1.012 which is way below my target. This sample was still smooth but had more of a bubblegum taste to it

Thanks guys. I'm not too worried about any other equipment being infected, because I pulled a gallon out when I transferred to the carboy from secondary and racked that gallon onto some cherry wood. That gallon looks really good. Of course a good cleaning never hurts

Brew day on this quad was 9-3-15, OG was right on at 1.097. About a month and a half ago a whitish thin layer began to develop. About 2 weeks ago I pulled a sample. Not sour what so ever. More like a very smooth cognac. But the white layer on top has developed rapidly. I'm thinking about taking...

IMO, if thats what you have to work with, I would skip the cold crash and bottle/keg. I usually dont cold crash mine. Great Beer

Do a no sparge. Add the total amount of water needed for the mash. Then drain all the wort, dump it back into the grain bed and drain again.

I would be interested as well

Ill be there Saturday for the later session

I plan on doing a 10 gallon batch this weekend. I'm going to insulate the return line to the MLT. I will also do a dry run with no grain just water to see if all the thermometers are calibrated

Can the MLT be used on a direct fired system? I was under the impression it was but I just read this... "One aspect we want to get to work on right away is to make the ThermoBarrel directly heatable in future generations."...

Smellyglove, yes my setup is the same one that is on alenuts. I usually do a 10 min grain condition and crush at .038 which has been keeping me around 75% . I'll look into the possibility of flow issues and see what I find. Thanks guys for the help

The grain temp is around 68-70, strike water is 165

Yes I have but never that early in the process. What will this help me determine?