![]() I would recommend the bag inside the malt-pipe for your first brew overall. So the final answer really depends on your process. If not sparging and not using the malt-pipe, you still need a plan for hoisting the bag. Would you do a dunk sparge with the bag? Or drain the wort to a second vessel while keeping the bag in place? The malt-pipe does make it easier to sparge with for sure. Question: are you running this with a sparge? If so, you would need a plan as to how you would accomplish this if you are not using the malt-pipe. I personally didn't make my decisions based on ease of cleaning. If you read through lots of this thread you will probably see just as many people saying "cleaning the malt-pipe is easier than bag" compared to "cleaning a bag is easier than malt-pipe" lol. So IMO, there would be a higher risk of major issues trying the bag only for your first brew on this system. I can't speak to using the bag without any sort of false bottom personally but: 1) there is likely increased potential (not definite) for scorching without a false bottom or malt-pipe, 2) I am not sure if wort flow through the dip tube might be affected if a bag is pressed against it, and it also depends on the orientation of your dip tube during the mash. Ive brewed with just the malt pipe, a bag inside the malt-pipe, and with the bag and a brewzilla false bottom. Good luck with your virgin brew day on the foundry! Is this a 6.5gal or 10.5gal system? As R mentioned above, peeps have used many different configurations with this with good success. In the end I was very close on original gravity and amount into the fermentor so I call it a success! I ended up using the biab and the water amount was almost identical to the foundry directions. I put the foundry as my equipment but am unsure of what to use as a mash profile. If anyone can direct me to some information on how to use BeerSmith that would be helpful. The recirculating plate worked well but that bastard is sharp! Sliced my finger on the edge so I think I might do a dispersal tip like short circuit brewer did. Also cleaning the basket of all the grain was a pain! I didn’t spare also. Next is a bag! I wanted to keep it simple as this was my first brew( a kit from NB) but there was a lot of grain that got into the wort. There are a few things I know I want to upgrade- first the hoses for the chiller need to go! I initially had water spraying from the inlet all over( fortunately not into the wort!) I tightened the hose clamp some and that helped. ![]() I’m currently running it through the cleaning cycle and thought I’d report. Ok I pulled the trigger on the 10.5 in August and did my first brew today. We did this last year and our clone tasted better than the real thing! In a few weeks we will see who the winner is. My mash pH was 5.2 and his was 5.6 but our mash efficiencies were the same (actually his was 0.3% better), my theory was wrong - his boiloff was a little higher than mine, and my BHE was slightly higher than his but still within measurement error. ![]() So I treated my water and he didn't, I used a bag without the pipe - he used the pipe, I recirculated with my RipTide - he forgot his Anvil pump so I rigged up an old $10 small x-fer pump, I mixed my grain very well every 10 minutes for first 30 minutes - he just mixed the top 1/3, I used these enclosed hop capsules that submerge and he used a 6" diameter basket (I've had this theory that boiloff is reduced due to smaller surface area with the bigger basket), and I dunk sparged in a big vessel and he just pulled the basket up and did a pour over. I visit a couple places regularly to try to up my game. About a couple weeks ago I set up dueling 10.5 Foundries to brew a Zombie Dust clone. In addition with the Foundry Small Batch Adapter Ring which takes the minimum batch size down to 2 Gallons.Before Anvil once in a while I use to brew double batches with my oldest son in my 15 gallon Boilermaker. ![]() The Foundry 10.5 Gallon system can make a minimum batch size of 4 Gallons. Optional Recirculation Pump Kit - $99.00.Two Sizes Available: 10.5 Gallon for 5 Gallon Batches and 6.5 Gallon for 2.5-3 Gallon Batches.Includes High Capacity Stainless Immersion Chiller with Hoses & Fittings.Linear Digital Power Control and Solid-State Switching for Fine Tuning your Boil.Ultra Low Watt Density, Triple Element Heaters - Won't Scorch.Double Wall Insulation Maintains Mash Temps and Increases Heating Speeds.Large Capacity Increases Efficiency and Grain Capacity.Unique High Flow Grain Basket with 150% More Perforations to Virtually Eliminate Stuck Mashes.Switchable Between 120V 1600W, 13A and 240V 2800W, 12A for Faster Heating & Better Boils. ![]()
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