So I've been brewing BIAB for a while now but am starting to get the "itch" to spend some more money and do more in depth all grain brewing. I've been looking into the details of single tier 3 vessel brewing with HERMS system. It looks very convenient to have everything set up already on a stand ready to go, and not have to lug around kettles and stuff.
Let me see if I've got this right for the basic system as far as how it works:
1. You heat up strike water in the HLT on the far left to your strike temperature and transfer it to the MLT. Is this right or do you heat up strike water in the MLT?
2. Dough in to your MLT and re-circulate the mash through the HERMS coil in your HLT which is set at the temperature you need to hold the mash steady?
3. At what point do you heat the HLT water to your sparge temperature? Will this not effect the temperature of the mash since you are using a HERMS coil in this water, or do you start heating sparge water after the 60 minute mash is complete?
4. Start first runnings/sparging with 170F water from HLT.
Let me see if I've got this right for the basic system as far as how it works:
1. You heat up strike water in the HLT on the far left to your strike temperature and transfer it to the MLT. Is this right or do you heat up strike water in the MLT?
2. Dough in to your MLT and re-circulate the mash through the HERMS coil in your HLT which is set at the temperature you need to hold the mash steady?
3. At what point do you heat the HLT water to your sparge temperature? Will this not effect the temperature of the mash since you are using a HERMS coil in this water, or do you start heating sparge water after the 60 minute mash is complete?
4. Start first runnings/sparging with 170F water from HLT.