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 Post subject: Re: Strike water first, then grain?
PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:51 pm 
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Henning1966 wrote:
I do water then grain easier to stir that way. Little tip I picked up from Denny Conn us a big paper bag (think paper grocery bag) to put your grain in. Hold it with one hand and slowly pour while stiring with the other hand.

Same thing I do for the exact same reason. I heart Denny.

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 Post subject: Re: Strike water first, then grain?
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I bet those paper grocery bags are getting a little hard to come by these days though?


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 Post subject: Re: Strike water first, then grain?
PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:21 pm 
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CRBrewHound wrote:
I bet those paper grocery bags are getting a little hard to come by these days though?

Not in this neck of the woods.
The area I live in is about 5 years behind everywhere else.

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Its not as hard as you think I know of about 3 places I shop you can get them to bag stuff in them. Then about three to four more places you can buy a bundle of 5 for around 2 bucks. If your like most of us home brewers though and your careful with them they can last for a few batches before they become kindling in charcoal chimney.

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 Post subject: Re: Strike water first, then grain?
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We have smaller paper bags for brewers to bag their grain in at the shop... can fit about 5 lb in a bag. I usually pour a bag in slowly, moving it back and forth, then stir and add the next til I'm done.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:51 am 
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Anyone construct a hopper to dispense the grains? I'm thinking about that when I set up in my basement. Hang hopper from ceiling, slide open small door on bottom and stir as grain dumps into mash tun at desired rate.

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When I worked at Blind Tiger in Topeka, KS they had the mill in the attic, then everything went down a chute to the mash tun on the second floor level. Perhaps one opportunity would be to have a "laundry chute" leading down to a mill above the lower level to go down to a mash tun. That is how breweries were built in pre-prohibition days.

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foomench wrote:
Anyone construct a hopper to dispense the grains? I'm thinking about that when I set up in my basement. Hang hopper from ceiling, slide open small door on bottom and stir as grain dumps into mash tun at desired rate.


Sounds like a lot of work, but could be pretty cool..

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