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10-28-2008, 05:41 AM
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Preventing stuck sparge
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I'm planning a brew tomorrow which will have 60% wheat and 8% oats. My LHBS doesn't have any rice hulls, or apparantly anything else that might help with a good runoff and prevent a stuck sparge. Does anyone know of anything else that might help in this dept. Thanks.
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10-28-2008, 05:44 AM
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a poor crush is the only thing that comes to mind(on the wheat)
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10-28-2008, 05:54 AM
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Wouldn't a finer crush be more likely to cause a stuck sparge?
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10-28-2008, 06:15 AM
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sorry meant a coarse sparge
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10-28-2008, 06:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oooFishy
Wouldn't a finer crush be more likely to cause a stuck sparge?
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Yes, the grain hulls act as a filter, and if they are crushed too much, they won't be able to compact into an effective filter bed. Tell your LHBS they suck for not having rice hulls.
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10-28-2008, 07:16 AM
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I can't think of anything nor have I read of anything that would help. With that amount of wheat some problems may arise.
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10-28-2008, 08:22 AM
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Whaaaaaat........, no malt grains?
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10-28-2008, 03:17 PM
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I am really going to show my ignorance here, but I got stuck when doing my mash this last weekend and blew air the opposite way into the mash tun to push the grain back out, then collected a small sample of wort into a small bucket in case some of the grain came back and once it was clear again I placed it back into the brew pot.
Not sure if this was a good thing to do, but seemed like a great idea at the time and worked great.
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10-28-2008, 03:44 PM
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Blowing back on the tube definitely works but rice hulls are so much easier!
NO RICE HULLS AT YOUR LHBS???!!?!!  ..  |
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10-28-2008, 03:50 PM
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That is a normal procedure to put it back in the tun and is called vorlauf (to recirculate). I think you should read all you can about mashing from How to Brew - By John Palmer and read Bobby's how to brew page too (on this forum), it's very good. 
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