Do I have clear wort

[wetzie]

I have been brewing today with a newish 20 gl blichmann with the mash screen. I double crush my grains. I Lautered two quarts and then started filling my boil kettle.
I noticed a fair amount of small pieces of grain probably husks.
What will this do to my beer? I am going to be more vigilant with the sparge but three gallons is in the kettle out of 11 total.
I would like to learn from this experience and would like to know what to expect from my beer.
Thank you
It is an IPAD clone of Sierra Nevada Celebrations.

 

[kh54s10]

You should vorlauf until the liquid does not have many noticeable debris in it. I use a water heater braid in my mash tun and it sets the grain bet with maybe one quart of vorlauf.

If you have a large amount of grain husks getting into the boil you could get some tannin flavors. How much depends on how much husk actually gets in the BK.

Vorlauf more??

 

[wetzie]

Vorlauf.. . I can't believe I forgot that word. It seems that after two quarts it was clear but when I poured it into the kettle it is not very clear. I will do Borlaug until it is clear.
Thank you

 

[ruger988]

I'm not sure how many other people brew the way I do, I've never really heard of anyone else doing it.... but I use a typical igloo cooler mash tun, with the water heater braid, and line the cooler with a BIAB bag. Hardly vorlauf at all, can get some awesome efficiency, clean up is a breeze, never have any problems with jusjs making it into the kettle, stuck sparge.. whats that?

My point... give a BIAB bag a shot in your MT, can't hurt!