So Ive stepped up my game and I have an insulated Keggle Mash Tun utilizing a March 809 pump to recalculate the liquid.
In the past Ive used a cooler and Batch Sparged. So with this new keggle/pump/burner set-up I have a few questions:
1. Since the MT is being recirculated continuously do I still need to do a Batch Sparge?
(The reason Im asking this, couldnt I just put ALL the water needed into my MT keep it at 152ish THEN just raise the heat to 170 for the last 10 minutes .done?)
2. Because Im continuously recirculating the liquid, do I still need to do a Vorlauf?
3. Do I use a paddle to stir the Mash since I now have heat under it to keep it at a constant temperature?
My upgrade will be the Blichmann Tower of Power in a few weeks to control the burner. But for now, it's eyes on with manual adjustments.
In the past Ive used a cooler and Batch Sparged. So with this new keggle/pump/burner set-up I have a few questions:
1. Since the MT is being recirculated continuously do I still need to do a Batch Sparge?
(The reason Im asking this, couldnt I just put ALL the water needed into my MT keep it at 152ish THEN just raise the heat to 170 for the last 10 minutes .done?)
2. Because Im continuously recirculating the liquid, do I still need to do a Vorlauf?
3. Do I use a paddle to stir the Mash since I now have heat under it to keep it at a constant temperature?
My upgrade will be the Blichmann Tower of Power in a few weeks to control the burner. But for now, it's eyes on with manual adjustments.