I'm looking to switch over to all grain after brewing a dozen or so extract brews. In almost every all grain set up there's the HLT - MT - BK.
What if you eliminated the HLT? Here's my idea, and please debunk it if you do not think it would work. This requires a brewing rig with two burners:
Heat MT to strike temp, then dough in the grains. Hold for 60 minutes. Raise temp of mash to 172-180. Using two spouts in the MT, have one flow out to the BK. Use the other spout to pump wort back into the MT ala fly sparging. Eventually all the recirculating wort will flow out to the BK if both spouts are set to the same rate of flow.
Would you lose to much efficiency this way? Simple bad idea? Or good idea, but I'd need to up my grain bill a bit? Please critique away.
What if you eliminated the HLT? Here's my idea, and please debunk it if you do not think it would work. This requires a brewing rig with two burners:
Heat MT to strike temp, then dough in the grains. Hold for 60 minutes. Raise temp of mash to 172-180. Using two spouts in the MT, have one flow out to the BK. Use the other spout to pump wort back into the MT ala fly sparging. Eventually all the recirculating wort will flow out to the BK if both spouts are set to the same rate of flow.
Would you lose to much efficiency this way? Simple bad idea? Or good idea, but I'd need to up my grain bill a bit? Please critique away.