I just got a brewzilla 65. I have brewed 2 5 gallon batches and third 10 gallon batch. The problem I had was the pump plugged up with material during cooling to 60F with immersion cooler. Is this something I can expect with this all in one system?
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18 pounds pilsner
1 pound rice hulls mixed by hand prior to dump
mash 122 20 min, 149 60 min, 158 45 min, 170 10 min 10.5 gallons. Sparge 3.5 gallons.
The mash was multistep because that’s what instructions said. I extended the mash times because gravity was not where I thought it should be. That was not necessary as I got 1.056 vs target of 1.048. Mash went well flow was good had a whirlpool going on top distribution plate.
Conventional boil at 2000 watts started with 11.5 gallons. whirlfloc added at 10 min left. 2 ounces tradition at 60 2 ounces hersbrucker at 30 min.
cooling with coil was going normally with a whirlpool going using the brewzilla pump. I noticed the temperature hung at 80 F for some reason. Noticed pump was not working and while it was 80F under the false bottom, wort was at 60F. Tried to drain using pump and it was plugged. Used drain valve and it was plugged as well. sanitized arm lifted false bottom and it had an inch of crap on it with real fine material on top. There was no flow through false bottom due to all the material and the hot break stuff below the false bottom had plugged it as well.
Is this normal for such an all in one system or did my extending the mash times make this problem. Or something else. I have never seen so much crap drop out while cooling after boil.
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