I do building/process automation for a living, and am in the design phase of a fully automatic ("hands off") brewing rig using discarded/old parts from work, and fabricating the rest myself.
My question is, during dough-in, I know to stir the mash to eliminate dough balls. Will recirculating water accomplish the same thing?
I'm trying to decide if I need to make a stirrer (already have the motor/gear drive), or if a pump would work (I'd then use the recirc loop for a RIMS and program in step mashing).
The dry grain will be sitting in the cold tun (cooler), with strike/sparge water being added via gravity from the HLT.
My question is, during dough-in, I know to stir the mash to eliminate dough balls. Will recirculating water accomplish the same thing?
I'm trying to decide if I need to make a stirrer (already have the motor/gear drive), or if a pump would work (I'd then use the recirc loop for a RIMS and program in step mashing).
The dry grain will be sitting in the cold tun (cooler), with strike/sparge water being added via gravity from the HLT.