FlyGuy
Well-Known Member
I put together a recirc system for my mash tun so that I wouldn't have to stir my steam-injected step mashes. I am in the process of building a brew stand and moving away from a gravity-fed system. Since I have the pump and lines anyways, I thought I might as well outfit everything with disconnects and build a single-tier system.
My question is whether I should use a grant to collect my runnings from the mash tun and then pump it to the kettle, or should I pump directly from the mash tun to the boil kettle?
Perhaps I am worrying about nothing, but it seems like there would be a lot of attention required for direct pumping, whereas running-off a grant and pumping from there seems foolproof (albeit one more thing to clean).
My question is whether I should use a grant to collect my runnings from the mash tun and then pump it to the kettle, or should I pump directly from the mash tun to the boil kettle?
Perhaps I am worrying about nothing, but it seems like there would be a lot of attention required for direct pumping, whereas running-off a grant and pumping from there seems foolproof (albeit one more thing to clean).