March 809 Pump Priming and Malt Conditioning/Wet Milling

[ECN266]

I like turtles

[andrewt248]

CFH!!! So if I were to condition malt, I would weigh out the grains for the recipe(s), combine them all (base and specialty), moisten, crush, and proceed as usual?

[Fuckleduck]

Thanks for postin this vid bobby

Is that an asscrack i see at 1:19-1:21?

LMAO

[ohlancali]

bobby,

any limitations on how high the march pump can pump up to? I was hoping my pump could pump up to my HLT. It sits about five feet above the pump.

[BobbyFromNJ]

@ohlancali you shouldn't have any trouble with 5 feet. It may run a little slower, but I think the max head of the March is 12 feet.

[CommanderCody87]

@ohlancali

Well technically you could always just use two pumps in series. That would allow you to pump the stuff much higher and over a longer distance depending on how you set it up.

[youronnit]

hey bobby,

could you post a vid how your rig works.

cheers

[BobbyFromNJ]

@youronnit

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[youronnit]

hey bobby

could you do a vid how your rig works etc....

cheers

[tomroeder]

I do have a question about your mill gap...I am going to be using my barley crusher for the first time this weekend, should I leave it at the default setting? With my current false bottom, I have not had a stuck sparge yet(only had 3 mashes too). I will be brewing with pale ale malt and crystal 60l

[BobbyFromNJ]

@tomroeder

I don't remember off hand what the stock BC gap is but I like .040 for dry malt and .030 for wet conditioned malt as shown in this video.

[tomroeder]

Very nice MLT insulation job....turned out nice. I noticed that you lost the siteglass when you insulated.  Was is going to be more of a pain that it was worth to try to save the siteglass? Ever get grain particles stuck in the siteglass?

[BobbyFromNJ]

I used to use the MLT sight to fill it with strike water since I can direct heat there. However, I throttled that burner down so much that it wasn't realistic to heat the full volume. What I do now is put all the strike in the HLT, heat to about 140F there, then transfer to the MLT to finish heating. The MLT sight was never a problem but I couldn't justify integrating with the insulation project so I plugged the fitting.

[tomroeder]

Who are you rockin out to during the pump demonstration?

[BobbyFromNJ]

Pantera was on at that point.

[tomroeder]

Ah yes....the sleep....great song, haven't heard it in ages!!!

[bigdaddy501501]

@BobbyFromNJ OH HELL YEAH! PANTERA kicks ASS

[lbmbrew]

This video saved my brewday. Now I can prime a march pump like a champ. Thanks!

[HomeDistiller]

wet milling is good IF you have a mill that will handle it as it use ALOT more torque to turn the mill

[BobbyFromNJ]

I didn't notice my drill motor straining at all. I'll try to be more conscious of it next time.

[TakeSomeAdvice]

Hey do you use standard garden hose fittings?

[tarogue1]

Woah .. something happened from about 2:20 to 2:30 .. Other than that, great video. I've been thinking of trying to condition my grain before milling, so this was also very timely. Thanks!