You were circulating your mash to quickly for your grist, you can't mill real tight on a recirculating setup or you will get poor, non consistent efficiency and stuck/compacted mashes
It's all about batch size, if your only brewing 5-10 gallons and don't mind dealing with bags, pullys etc biab is a great way to brew. Anything bigger then that a traditional mash setup is ideal.
Just a heads-up if you have the proper cooling setup and use the device as intended you won't need any filter's etc regards of how many hops you add. You will need the racking arm, prv as well as the ability to cold crash. Ensure that you leave the racking arm facing down during fermentation to...
Most of my panel came from auber and is all still going strong for over 3 year's and over 100 brew days. I built my panel myself however so no input on there diagrams or customer service however the components have been great. cheers
I've had mine since they came out and I've never noticed anything close to shoddy about it. Never had a issue. It works excellent. The case is very stable even with a 5l flask. I've had a few different ones with mediocre results previously. I guess to summarize I've had mine for a long time and...
This is the method I typically use however on my set-up this method requires a faster flow rate to quickly overcome the initial temp drop when the grain is added. If I mill tightly at say .030 I can't flow fast enough without channeling/ compacting the grain bed. I find .040 works best with this...
If you have a sight glass on your mlt the level will drop when you start circulating if your flow rate is to fast for your grist etc. Obviously this isn't a very scientific way but it will get you in the ballpark and avoid channeling/ compacting the grain bed. As Augie mentioned with your...