radwizard
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I have slowly been making the move towards brewing indoors and getting off the propane. Last weekend I brewed my first batch on my EBIAB system, everything went pretty well.
I did have a few questions, mainly about adding heat and recirculating. Last brew I did not bring in all my insulation stuff I used in the garage. During the mash I recirculated and added heat 2 or 3 times to bring the temp up. I was sketched out doing this (worried about scorching the grains that could get into contact with the element). But all turned out well, and I did not see any problems.
This week I decided to modify my Brewhardware false bottom so I could recirc during the entire mash without worrying about scorching. I just did a test, and dont really like the end result so much. The FB has about 4 gallons of space underneath.
I am going to brew a Kolsch tomorrow afternoon. I might just do as I did last week and keep the recirculating to a minimum and not use the false bottom.
Any words of advice? Any Boil Coil BIABers out there? Maybe I am over-reacting to the possibility of scorching??
I did have a few questions, mainly about adding heat and recirculating. Last brew I did not bring in all my insulation stuff I used in the garage. During the mash I recirculated and added heat 2 or 3 times to bring the temp up. I was sketched out doing this (worried about scorching the grains that could get into contact with the element). But all turned out well, and I did not see any problems.
This week I decided to modify my Brewhardware false bottom so I could recirc during the entire mash without worrying about scorching. I just did a test, and dont really like the end result so much. The FB has about 4 gallons of space underneath.
I am going to brew a Kolsch tomorrow afternoon. I might just do as I did last week and keep the recirculating to a minimum and not use the false bottom.
Any words of advice? Any Boil Coil BIABers out there? Maybe I am over-reacting to the possibility of scorching??