Ahh! Didn't know I was supposed to rinse rice hulls
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I've never rinsed rice hulls. What am I going to die of?
stratslinger
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I rinsed the hulls I used when I made my pumpkin ale and, despite several warnings here to the contrary, I didn't see anything that seemed to rinse off of them at all...
At least two HBT'ers told me that they'd be filthy and the rinse water would be nasty. Neither statement matched my experience...
At least two HBT'ers told me that they'd be filthy and the rinse water would be nasty. Neither statement matched my experience...
BradleyBrew
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never done it... never heard to do it...never been suggested???
Yeah....what?
I've never rinsed them. And my beers have turned out fine. Why would anyone fell the need to rinse them? We don't rinse our grain before putting it in the mash tun.
I remember reading on here that it was to prevent wort absorbtion. Maybe it was EdWort who talked about that.
Seems like, since we use only a few handfuls, even if it did absorb water it would be a negligible amount in the grand scheme of things.
coypoo
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So, do you anticipate any water absorption from the rice hulls?
Even if it did, it would be no different than mashing in with a little less water (though brewing software takes absorption into account anyways).
Pre-soaking something isn't going to prevent it from absorbing sugars and other soluble compounds in the wort around it.
Pre-soaking something isn't going to prevent it from absorbing sugars and other soluble compounds in the wort around it.
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