The Pol
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I don't care where the heat is being applied. I think what you mean by "not overshooting" is not having the total mash go further than you wanted. However, the only way to get a 10 minute ramp from protein to sac rest is to have the output of the hex WAY higher than the target temp. The problem is that you're denaturing the hell out of your enzymes and running the whole mash through the hex several times makes it worse. Decoction mashes don't have this problem because you're only pulling a small portion out and it later acts just like a pure water infusion step.
Applying a well elevated temp to the mash inline like that is similar to heating the entire mash to that temp for a short time, then cooling it back down to your target temp.
Agreed Bobby... I dont see how you can possibly go from 122F to 152F in 10 minutes without returning wort to the mash that is ABOVE the target temp. That is 3F per MINUTE. That is like placing a 4500W element in the mash in fact, at full power.
If you are stepping from 122F to 152F... and you are using 152F wort returning to the MLT to do this warm up... I cannot fathom that it is even possible to do in 10 minutes.
If you place a 4500W element in 10 gallons of pure water, you will get 3F/minute increase in temp. I dont see how using 152F wort will do the exact same, in the same ammount of time.