Blender on DME
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broadbill
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why?....for what?
Soulive
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You'll probably ruin your blender and/or spend an hour trying to clean it...
AFAJ Brew Guy
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Do you by any chance mean a whisk?
I'm guessing he means a stick blender. No real to that I can see; add the DME gradually, it dissolved pretty easily. Last thing you want to do is start flinging wort around the kitchen.
Maybe he means something like this? Would work great I imagine as long as you keep it below the surface so you don't get a lot of aeration.
I never used anything more than a spoon or long spatula. DME dissolves easily enough.
TL
TL
Now we are talking!
olllllo said:Now we are talking!
Reminds me of the Northern Brewer ads in recent Jamil Show podcasts...
[bad scottish accent] You can't make a ****ing Scottish 80/- by throwing in ****ing hops like you're mixing ****ing cement with ****ing hops for gravel, you ****ing ****! [/bad scottish accent]
and just to pull an actual answer out of my joke post. I can't imagine it is necessary unless you are talking about a 20+ gallon batch where scale comes into play.
Mixer and blenders ain't power tools, buddy, unless you're a freakin' pastry chef!
Chriso
Broken Robot Brewing Co.
Many people "experiment" with a long-shafted paint stirrer attached to a power drill.
But for the amount of $ and effort vs the amount of work the "old way" takes, I'd be tempted to stick with spoon.
But for the amount of $ and effort vs the amount of work the "old way" takes, I'd be tempted to stick with spoon.
I can see some sort of autopouring DME hopper with a foot switch.
Might be handy for AG too.
Might be handy for AG too.
Perhaps
the_bird said:Mixer and blenders ain't power tools, buddy, unless you're a freakin' pastry chef!
Now, THOSE are my kind of power tools!!!!
But, a wire whisk works great. No need to gum up your mixer.
You can purchase, for not much money, a cordless handheld mixer, which also comes with a whisk attachment. I normally use a whisk when adding DME, so this might make it a little easier. A whisk is not likely to splash much, unless you are a total retard about using it.
oguss0311
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I've used a wire wisk. But only when I add it faster than maybe I should- and it gums up a bit. Patience and a slower addition is def. the best practice. Its a pain how clumpy and gummy it gets when exposed to the moisture of evaporating wort!
