The_General
Well-Known Member
I've been playing around with my Brewer's Edge Mash and Boil and am looking for thoughts and advice for people more experienced with E-BIAB systems. I've just moved over from a cooler mash tun.
As others have seen, I'm getting a huge swing in temperature as measured by the Brewer's Edge. You get swings of plus or minus about five degrees from what you set it to. What I did notice is that the grain bed itself holds fairly steady temperature with those swings (although its about 11 degrees lower than what the display reads). So, how would you deal with this? Here are my thoughts:
-Set the temp 11 degrees higher and live with it. My concern is that there is some liquid outside of the basket that's getting heated that much higher. Is that a concern or is that negligible?
-Recirculate....I've tried this but not extensively. I lost a lot of heat when I did this. I'm not sure if that's simply due to pumping it through the system or if the grain bed is pulling that down.
I've also wrapped the whole thing in a blanket and that didn't seem to help. As it's holding a pretty steady temperature, my inclination is to just adjust the temperature up to account for the difference but I'm open to other thoughts.
As others have seen, I'm getting a huge swing in temperature as measured by the Brewer's Edge. You get swings of plus or minus about five degrees from what you set it to. What I did notice is that the grain bed itself holds fairly steady temperature with those swings (although its about 11 degrees lower than what the display reads). So, how would you deal with this? Here are my thoughts:
-Set the temp 11 degrees higher and live with it. My concern is that there is some liquid outside of the basket that's getting heated that much higher. Is that a concern or is that negligible?
-Recirculate....I've tried this but not extensively. I lost a lot of heat when I did this. I'm not sure if that's simply due to pumping it through the system or if the grain bed is pulling that down.
I've also wrapped the whole thing in a blanket and that didn't seem to help. As it's holding a pretty steady temperature, my inclination is to just adjust the temperature up to account for the difference but I'm open to other thoughts.