u/danlinto

Grainfather G30 - excessive boil off?

I've had my Grainfather for some time, maybe done 4-5 brew sessions. One thing I've noticed is that I've never hit the batch size so far, I'm not even close. I have the 220V unit.
From yesterdays session of a 23L batch I got about 19L in the fermenter.
Since I'm quite new to this, I'm not sure what I can do in case I'm off this much. So far I've just I just let it be, so I'll have a stronger beer in the end.
One thing I've seen in hindsight from yesterday is that even my pre-boil volume was off. If that happens, do I just add water, or do I put the grain basket back and sparge until desired volume?

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u/danlinto — 23 hours ago

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False bottom play

I just bought a false bottom for my Grainfather G30, wondering if it's supposed to have this much play?

https://imgur.com/a/0z20kR1

Also, when using a false bottom, can you still whirlpool? I did so but it almost felt like I hit something, as if the false bottom had risen from the bottom. Can't think of anything else I could have hit.

u/danlinto — 1 day ago