mn_brew
Well-Known Member
So I've recently upgraded my brewing equipment to a blichmann top tier system. 3x 15gal pots, 3x burners, 2x pumps, all camlock fittings. I'm definitely spoiled. I'm two batches in...
I've never used a direct fire mash tun; I'm used to a cooler. I'm experiencing a pretty significant heat loss during my mash. Since I'm able to recirculate via pump, I draw off my mash tun, into the pump, out to my recirc port and use a little heat to maintain or raise the temp.
Here's the question: for folks that are doing this, are you ever stirring your mash to help even out the temp or are you just letting the liquid movement take care of this? I've been stirring a little and I'm feeling like I'm disturbing my grain bed and possibly plugging my blichmann false bottom in the process. My latest thought was to resist the temptation to stir and just monitor the blichmann thermo on my pot. Thoughts?
As an aside, with those of you using pumps, where are you controlling your recirc volume so you don't compress your grain bed, the pot ball valve or the pump output valve?
I appreciate the help.
I've never used a direct fire mash tun; I'm used to a cooler. I'm experiencing a pretty significant heat loss during my mash. Since I'm able to recirculate via pump, I draw off my mash tun, into the pump, out to my recirc port and use a little heat to maintain or raise the temp.
Here's the question: for folks that are doing this, are you ever stirring your mash to help even out the temp or are you just letting the liquid movement take care of this? I've been stirring a little and I'm feeling like I'm disturbing my grain bed and possibly plugging my blichmann false bottom in the process. My latest thought was to resist the temptation to stir and just monitor the blichmann thermo on my pot. Thoughts?
As an aside, with those of you using pumps, where are you controlling your recirc volume so you don't compress your grain bed, the pot ball valve or the pump output valve?
I appreciate the help.