| REVIEWS
James Spence in ZYMURGY Magazine.....
"First runnings were incredibly
clear. In fact not a single particle of grain was visible. I was truly
amazed at this efficiency. The straining system is so efficient it
is unnecessary to be overly concerned about a properly set grain bed,
channeling of the grain or set mashes."
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The following is what Dr George Fix, author and brewing consultant had
to say about the EASYMASHER....
Mon, 20 Dec 93
"We tried the EM with a 10 liter test batch, and things
worked out just fine. We got 29 pts*gal/lb, which is on par with what
my mashing procedure yields. The runoff quickly cleared, and only minimal
recirculation was needed.
The major differences between EM and my $300 DME "false bottom" pilot
system, is that the lautering time is somewhat longer with the EM. Your
mesh spacing is very close to our slot spacing. I think you got that
one right, and this was seen in the clarity of the runoff.
Fortunately I work for DME and did not have to pay for
the "false
bottom". Otherwise I would have gotten an EM!"
George Fix
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Mal Card on the Home Brew Digest ...
"I used the EZ masher and was pretty
impressed. The wort was unbelievably clear, almost immediately. The
new system really took the drudgery out of sparging. It used to take
me ~ 40 minutes of adding runnings to achieve such clarity."
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John Cotterill on HBD.....
"I usually use a slotted copper tube manifold and cooler
as a mash tun. My extraction is generally around 24 pts/lb/gal with an
efficiency of about 70%.
I decided what the heck, I'll have an EASYMASHER and
see what happens. Well, my extraction was 31.2 pts/lb/gal with an efficiency
of of over 91%!! I could run the sparge as fast (or slow) as I desired.
I did, however, have to recirculate about 1 gal to get a clear beer,
but that is much better than the copper manifold (about 3 gal).
I gotta say, the system really works. I am impressed
by the results. My only complaint is that I did not expect such a high
extraction. Instead of a 1.054 pale ale, I got a 1.070 strong India pale
ale!"
JC
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Sean Dyer on HBD....
"I've brewed 2 batches with my version of EASYMASH and
it's worked perfectly. I've been able to reduce my brewing time to 3.75
hours for a single infusion mash. I just made a wheat beer with ~65%
wheat malt and had absolutely no problem with slow sparging, so it seems
that your claims are pretty much on the mark."
SD
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John McHarry on HBD....
"I purchased one of Jack Schmidling's Easymash kits a
few weeks ago. So far, I have used it twice. It appears to perform quite
as advertised.
I have had no trouble with a sticky sparge. Yields have been 28 and
30.
I am quite happy with this setup.
Jack has posted how to build it from scratch, but the parts may be
a bit hard to find in some areas, and he has done a little work on
the air cock that would requiresome tools not all of us have. I would
advocate buying the kit"
John McHarry
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Larry Langrehr on HBD.....
"I have used the EM for three batches so far. It's
worked quite well. I am amazed at how effort-free the EM works. Using
the same vessel for both mashing and sparging and still being able
to do multi-temperature for both sure saves time and mess. I have experienced
yield rates of from 26-29 points a gallon, nothing wrong with that.
The last mash (Papazian's Silver Dollar Porter) started as a "stiff" mash.
I noticed when I was all done that there was some burnt stuff between
the copper tube and the bottom of the tun. I need to watch how vigorously
I apply heat. All in all I'm very pleased with both products. I've
used a friend's MALTMILL twice and decided I couldn't do without one.
The brass aircock on the EM was a great choice, I let the valve wide
open and let it drain down the size of my 9 gal boil pot. Slow enough
to generate the 29 point/gal yield. Keep up the great designs and keep
me on any future mailing list for new products or mods."
Larry |
