sentfromspain
Well-Known Member
I just recently bought an electric stainless steel pot with spigot for draining and temperature controls which supposedly will allow me to make decent mashes, and then boil the brew. This will be my first time doing all grain mashes, and while I've read Palmer's "How to Brew," I have some doubts.
Since the pot will let me regulate the temperature perfectly, couldn't I just:
1. suspend the mash in grain bags in the water
2. reach the temperatures that I need to reach during the necessary times
3. remove the bags (allowing them to drain), and
4. start boiling directly?
I'm sure that I'm missing something here, and that there are some ways to get a much better outcome, but after reading through Palmer's mash chapter a couple of times it just seemed that the electric pot would make a few of the steps obsolete.
Opinions?
Since the pot will let me regulate the temperature perfectly, couldn't I just:
1. suspend the mash in grain bags in the water
2. reach the temperatures that I need to reach during the necessary times
3. remove the bags (allowing them to drain), and
4. start boiling directly?
I'm sure that I'm missing something here, and that there are some ways to get a much better outcome, but after reading through Palmer's mash chapter a couple of times it just seemed that the electric pot would make a few of the steps obsolete.
Opinions?