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Knocked out my attempt at a goose island IPA last night, although mine isn’t going to be just as strong as the orginal though.

After a few frustrations on previous brews i have made quite a few changes to my set up, changed to a circular mash tun with a chris/DaaB plastic plate false bottom. Changed my hopstopper to a double intake with off shooting stainless mesh rolled into cigar shapes . Set up a proper siphon effect fitting to the boiler tap to get as much of the wort as possible. Also managed to get my chiller leak proof even when the tap is turned onto fully.

I have to say it was one of my most pleasant brewing sessions, every single modification worked a treat no stuck mashes, no problems with runoff from the boiler (despite 150g of hops), reduced dead space and reduced chilling time.

Special mention though has to go to the plastic plate false bottom setup, the mash never once looked like sticking (a previous bug bear of mine with the H&G manifold). Looking forward to my next brew already.

Having looked at various mash tun designs and read peoples experiences I've decided that Chris's design is the one I'm going to go for. Apart from no stuck mashes, I'll still be able to use it as an FV or bottling bucket if the need arises.

OldSpeckledBadger wrote:Having looked at various mash tun designs and read peoples experiences I've decided that Chris's design is the one I'm going to go for. Apart from no stuck mashes, I'll still be able to use it as an FV or bottling bucket if the need arises.

Good decision, i forgot to mention also that my run-off was lovely and clear something that i've struggled to acheive on the H&G system.

Good stuff Del, sounds like you've got your kit sorted!

Let us know how this one turns out.....I still haven't made a GI clone yet, but I very much want to.

Thought i'd post my recipe in case it turns out to be a good un and i forget what i did

MO 5.2 Kg
Crystal 0.3 Kg

65 C for 90 mins

50g cascade 90 mins
10g amarillio 90 mins

15g of cascade 15 mins
15g of amarillio 15 mins
15g of fuggle 15 mins
15g of stryians 15 mins

20g of cascade and 10g of amarillio steep at 80C for 20 mins.

Fermenting with US-05 at 18C in temp controlled fridge.