thelastleroy
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Hello all,
It's been a while, and I'm in the mood for an upgrade.
I'm toying with the idea of setting up another kettle as a gas-fired HLT/RIMS. This would recirculate wort duing the mash in my cooler tun, with a pump actuated by an stc1000 unit. Temps in the cooler via thermowell to the stc. The wort will be pumped through a HERMS type coil in the HLT. I will manually adjust the HLT propane burner to maintain higher-than-mash temperatures for the HLT water. The controller will take care of the recirculation times as required.
Currently I'm running only one keggle as heating strike/sparge water, as well as boiling in the same kettle. The new setup would save me from transferring the sparge water into another pot while I take first runnings out of the mash tun as a side benefit.
I'd just like some feedback into this idea from those who have jumped into RIMS from simple infusion mash techniques. Is the cost, extra cleaning and setup worth the effort? How much more efficient or predictable is a recirculated mash vs a basic batch infusion?
It's been a while, and I'm in the mood for an upgrade.
I'm toying with the idea of setting up another kettle as a gas-fired HLT/RIMS. This would recirculate wort duing the mash in my cooler tun, with a pump actuated by an stc1000 unit. Temps in the cooler via thermowell to the stc. The wort will be pumped through a HERMS type coil in the HLT. I will manually adjust the HLT propane burner to maintain higher-than-mash temperatures for the HLT water. The controller will take care of the recirculation times as required.
Currently I'm running only one keggle as heating strike/sparge water, as well as boiling in the same kettle. The new setup would save me from transferring the sparge water into another pot while I take first runnings out of the mash tun as a side benefit.
I'd just like some feedback into this idea from those who have jumped into RIMS from simple infusion mash techniques. Is the cost, extra cleaning and setup worth the effort? How much more efficient or predictable is a recirculated mash vs a basic batch infusion?