Rice Hulls?????

[user 213331]

Doing my first recipe that incorporates rice hulls. Just assumed the rice would have been ground and mixed with the other grains in the order. But, my supplier gave me a bag of rice hulls along with my other milled grains.

Do I just add whole rice hulls to the mash?

 

[andrewf1985]

Yes, theyre to aid the mash bed and stop you from getting a stuck mush. I assume your using a lot of wheat in your recipe

 

[govner1]

You'll want use them w/ any recipe that has oats, flaked wheat, wheat malt, rye, etc. These all get very gelatinous during the mash & the rice hulls aid in avoiding stuck sparges. As andrewf1985 said you just add the to your milled grain.
I usually add the same volume of hulls as the total volume of the grains listed above.

 

[BrewSavage]

Rice hulls also good if you have pumpkin in your mash

 

[user 213331]

Thanks to all....I am using 3 lbs. of Red Wheat.

 

[Sabimkbrewer]

Doing my first recipe that incorporates rice hulls. Just assumed the rice would have been ground and mixed with the other grains in the order. But, my supplier gave me a bag of rice hulls along with my other milled grains.

Do I just add whole rice hulls to the mash?

What are you brewing?

 

[catdaddy66]

Thanks to all....I am using 3 lbs. of Red Wheat.

I almost bought red wheat today but opted for white wheat instead. I will use .25-.5 #'s of rice hulls for my next brew, a belgian blonde with 4# of wheat. Haven't brewed with wheat in a while so I am glad I remembered the hulls lol!

Don't want a stuck sparge.

 

[Sandstorm]

I use rice hulls in most of my mashes. It's an inexpensive way to ensure no stuck sparge. Stuck sparges suck.

 

[user 213331]

What are you brewing?

An IPA.

MOSAIC HONEY IPA

o All Grain
o Beer Style – American IPA
o Mash – Single Infusion – 3.5 Gallons – 154oF for 60 minutes (Add water at 174oF to grain.)
o Fly Sparge – 4 Gallons - 178oF
o Target OG – 1.062
o Target FG – 1.011
o ABV – 6.7%
o Bitterness – 63 IBU’s
o Primary Fermentation – 7 to 10 days
o Secondary Fermentation – 7 days with Dry Hopping (see below)

o Ingredients
• Grains:
 9.0 lbs. Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
 3.0 lbs. Red Wheat
 8.0 oz. Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
 8.0 oz. Rice Hulls
 1.0 lb. Crystal Rye (Cararye) (80 SRM)
 4.0 oz. Flaked Maize
• Hops:
 Boil:
 1.0 oz. Mosaic - First Wort
 1.0 oz. Mosaic - Boil 5 min.
 2.0 oz. Mosaic - Boil 1 min.
 Dry Hopping:
 2.0 oz. Mosaic - 5 to 7 days.
 0.5 oz. Amarillo - 5 to 7 days.
 0.5 oz. Chinook - 5 to 7 days.

• Yeast: White Labs #WLP001 or Wyeast 1056

• Other:
 1 lb. Honey - Boil 5 min.
 1 Whirlfloc Tablet - Boil 15 min.
 1 tsp. Irish Moss - Boil 15 min.
 
FIRST WORT & BOIL SUMMARY:

1. During the Sparge, add 1.0 oz. of Mosaic Hops to the boil kettle.

2. During the Boil, add:
a. 1 Whirfloc tablet and 1 tsp. of Irish Moss at 15 minutes.
b. 1 oz. of Mosaic Hops and 1 lb. of honey at 5 minutes.
c. 2 oz. of Mosaic Hops at 1 minute.

 

[DocScott]

Add a bit more water to your mash or wet the hulls prior to adding them or you may lose some volume. They absorb a lot of water

 

[govner1]

An IPA.



MOSAIC HONEY IPA



oAll Grain

oBeer Style – American IPA

oMash – Single Infusion – 3.5 Gallons – 154oF for 60 minutes (Add water at 174oF to grain.)

oFly Sparge – 4 Gallons - 178oF

oTarget OG – 1.062

oTarget FG – 1.011

oABV – 6.7%

oBitterness – 63 IBU’s

oPrimary Fermentation – 7 to 10 days

oSecondary Fermentation – 7 days with Dry Hopping (see below)



oIngredients

•Grains:

9.0 lbs. Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)

3.0 lbs. Red Wheat

8.0 oz. Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)

8.0 oz. Rice Hulls

1.0 lb. Crystal Rye (Cararye) (80 SRM)

4.0 oz. Flaked Maize

•Hops:

Boil:

1.0 oz. Mosaic - First Wort

1.0 oz. Mosaic - Boil 5 min.

2.0 oz. Mosaic - Boil 1 min.

Dry Hopping:

2.0 oz. Mosaic - 5 to 7 days.

0.5 oz. Amarillo - 5 to 7 days.

0.5 oz. Chinook - 5 to 7 days.



•Yeast: White Labs #WLP001 or Wyeast 1056



•Other:

1 lb. Honey - Boil 5 min.

1 Whirlfloc Tablet - Boil 15 min.

1 tsp. Irish Moss - Boil 15 min.

 

FIRST WORT & BOIL SUMMARY:



1.During the Sparge, add 1.0 oz. of Mosaic Hops to the boil kettle.



2.During the Boil, add:

a.1 Whirfloc tablet and 1 tsp. of Irish Moss at 15 minutes.

b.1 oz. of Mosaic Hops and 1 lb. of honey at 5 minutes.

c.2 oz. of Mosaic Hops at 1 minute.

With the flaked maize & rye you might consider upping the rice hulls to .75-1 lb. Better safe than stuck!

 

[user 213331]

Sparge went very well.

In the Primary and starting to bubble.