Hopheader
Well-Known Member
Hi folks; as a veteran of ONE horrendous decoction experiment -- that resulted in one of my best beers ever -- I wanted to ask if people stir when adding the decoction back to the mash tun or not?
Assuming yes, but boy oh boy did I ever have a stuck sparge. Virtually NOTHING came out (false bottom as opposed to braid)--I think that the wheat proteins just gummed up the false bottom and that was that.
Had to result to dumping the entire contents into a co-brewer's mash tun after he finished his sparge. Talk about hot side aeration! (haha)
But the decoction itself sure did add a nice flavour to my last hefeweizen.
J
Assuming yes, but boy oh boy did I ever have a stuck sparge. Virtually NOTHING came out (false bottom as opposed to braid)--I think that the wheat proteins just gummed up the false bottom and that was that.
Had to result to dumping the entire contents into a co-brewer's mash tun after he finished his sparge. Talk about hot side aeration! (haha)
But the decoction itself sure did add a nice flavour to my last hefeweizen.
J