As I mentioned in my "Scum (in the) bucket" thread, I decided it would be a good idea to go ahead and stir my mash before I started sparging. Turned out to be a bad idea because my false bottom clogged up and I was forced to perform some desperate measures.
I filtered all the grain out of the mess with a colander and set it aside, then I went from bucket to bucket a few times with the sparge water (at this point wort not quite finished) while running the liquid through a couple of sieves to remove the husks and junk that was clogging the false bottom.
I rinsed out my mash tun and returned the "sparge water" - if that's what it was at that point - to the correct temperature. I returned the grain back to the mash tun in an attempt to recreate the filtration provided by the grain bed, and ran the liquid through my HLT.
Crossing my fingers, I was relieved to see that the liquid was running through the mash tun and it appeared that the day was saved.
The question is, how is this mistake going to affect the outcome of my brew? Thanks again!
I filtered all the grain out of the mess with a colander and set it aside, then I went from bucket to bucket a few times with the sparge water (at this point wort not quite finished) while running the liquid through a couple of sieves to remove the husks and junk that was clogging the false bottom.
I rinsed out my mash tun and returned the "sparge water" - if that's what it was at that point - to the correct temperature. I returned the grain back to the mash tun in an attempt to recreate the filtration provided by the grain bed, and ran the liquid through my HLT.
Crossing my fingers, I was relieved to see that the liquid was running through the mash tun and it appeared that the day was saved.
The question is, how is this mistake going to affect the outcome of my brew? Thanks again!