By the way, it¹s only the brew boiler that tastes of citric. I just checked the steam boiler water and it is clear and neutral. bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....."
From: Ben McCafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:12:57 -0700 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Holy Lemon Drops Batman!!! Yes, I¹ve been using food grade citric acid, from the spice barn. Same as yours. I have now filled/shaken/heated/emptied both boilers five times, and water at the group head still havsa very clear citric taste‹bright/acid/sour. Your routine shows only flushing the boilers twice, so I must be missing something? How do you get rid of the rest of the citric? tx, bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." From: Barry Luterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:42:01 -1000 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Holy Lemon Drops Batman!!! That is why I use food grade Citric Acid (sour salt) If you saw bright blue water come out it was a successful de-scaling.Let us know how your first shot turned out. On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Ben McCafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, anticipating a life-altering Godshot this morning, I ground/dosed/loaded > and pulled the shot. Whoa!!! Very sour. Was I really dulling my beans > that much with dirtiness? Pulled another. Even more sour. > > Then it dawned on me--I tipped the machine all directions for soaking, but > not for flushing, so there's still a lot of citric in there. So this > morning I'm draining and refilling the boilers and sloshing the water around > to try to reach the remaining citric to rinse it out. > > John, as a side effect of doing this, I discovered that when I tip the > machine over a ways (power on), the water level sensor is higher than water > line and the pump will add some more water to the steam boiler. This > wouldn't fill it all the way like you are doing, but it would get the acid > solution above the normal water/scale line. Might have to do that next > time. > > John, you said you open the steam wand until solution runs out. Is there > any implication for the no-burn liner when you run an acid solution through > it? > > Incidentally, I weighed and measured Barry's 4 tablespoons per reservoir, > and it is 60g in 3 liters, so that's the same 20g/l you mentioned John. I > had no idea the reservoir held 3 liters! > > Still anticipating that great shot... > > bmc > "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
