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Finished product! Just got delivered to me this morning.
My guy did an awesome job. Can't wait to brew on this rig!!
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Mash Paddle Holder! Yay!!
With 2 runs under my belt on my new single tier system, maintaining mash temps have been challenging with the direct fire. I notice I need to turn on the flame every 15 minutes for like 2 minutes, rinse and repeat. If I get side tracked, it's off by a lot and I have to readjust.
That's why many of us doing direct fired RIMS use a temperature controller. If you set the MLT up to do a continuous recirculation, you can then have a temp controller fire the burner on/off as needed to maintain the temp. If you have your burner on full blast for heating the strike water, make sure to turn it down while it is maintaining the temp with grain in there. Otherwise you might scorch the wort/grain with too much heat applied at once.
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