Hello,
I brew on a RIMS system. My HLT has a burner, the MLT has no burner and the BK has a burner. The stand is a two tier stand one pump.
I have run across several recipes that call for different mash temperatures at different times in the schedule and am confused on how I can accomplish this.
I understand the concept of time/temperature needed for this mash schedule...my concern is this:
My MLT is regulated by a PID and a 4500W heater element (no burner) wired @110V which inturn gives me less output, but great results when I have only dealt with ONE mash temp. By having to increase the mash temps for particular types of beers, I would naturally up the target temp on my PID, slow the flow a bit and wait for the temperature to reach the desired setting. This would naturally increase the time the grain sits in the water waiting for the temperature to reach its target, which makes me concerned if it is ok for this to happen this way.
For this particular recipe, the temperature needs to rise 16*. Realistically this will take 20-30 minutes with my setup since I do not have a burner under the MLT. I have never brewed mutliple temperature MASH beers so I don't know if my situation is abnormal or I am just overthinking.
Thanks for the help
Joe
I brew on a RIMS system. My HLT has a burner, the MLT has no burner and the BK has a burner. The stand is a two tier stand one pump.
I have run across several recipes that call for different mash temperatures at different times in the schedule and am confused on how I can accomplish this.
I understand the concept of time/temperature needed for this mash schedule...my concern is this:
My MLT is regulated by a PID and a 4500W heater element (no burner) wired @110V which inturn gives me less output, but great results when I have only dealt with ONE mash temp. By having to increase the mash temps for particular types of beers, I would naturally up the target temp on my PID, slow the flow a bit and wait for the temperature to reach the desired setting. This would naturally increase the time the grain sits in the water waiting for the temperature to reach its target, which makes me concerned if it is ok for this to happen this way.
For this particular recipe, the temperature needs to rise 16*. Realistically this will take 20-30 minutes with my setup since I do not have a burner under the MLT. I have never brewed mutliple temperature MASH beers so I don't know if my situation is abnormal or I am just overthinking.
Thanks for the help
Joe