Ran the rig a couple of days ago. Heres a pictorial result.
Heating up with the grain milled and waiting
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For my first mash I have gone with 5 kg of malted wheat, 5 kg of pale malt, 10 kg of wheat, 10 litres of the day befores backset and 52 litres of water. PH 4.8
While stirring the mash I use this marvel of engineering, called a 3 way valve, to direct the flow through the drain tube. Then once the flow clears up change it back to the spray bar.
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The final product was 42 litres of sweet smelling nectar with an OG of 1055. This was crash cooled in the kids pool then after a bit of aeration I added some whisky yeast and a little enzyme.
Happy so far :-D
Future runs will see me sparging this grain bed then using that to start another mash. I got buckets and freezers so why waste it.
Thanks to Mac for the idea and the valve and the pipe. And a special thanks to you all from Mrs Bushy " for making you finish the thing". She reckons I'd still be fuckin the dog if not for the challenge. Go figure.