thejuanald
Well-Known Member
So I am getting a march pump sometime soon and I have been thinking about doing a type of RIMS setup with my boil kettle and 10 gallon plastic mash tun. I was hoping to get feedback on it.
What I plan to try is to heat my strike water and then transfer it to my mash tun, then add in my grains, mix it up, make sure it reaches temperature and then heat up the remaining water that I would need to reach a 7 gallon boil volume. Once it reaches the same temp as my mash, I start circulating that into my MLT as that gravity drains to my kettle and circulate this for the remainder of the mash. From there I can mash out and then drain everything to the kettle and get to the boil. Is this feasible with a 10 gallon plastic mash tun and 8 gallon boil kettle? I'm assuming I might get a bit lower efficiency, but that is easy to correct with $1-2 in grain. I saw some setups here that were similar to this but with using just one vessel.
What I plan to try is to heat my strike water and then transfer it to my mash tun, then add in my grains, mix it up, make sure it reaches temperature and then heat up the remaining water that I would need to reach a 7 gallon boil volume. Once it reaches the same temp as my mash, I start circulating that into my MLT as that gravity drains to my kettle and circulate this for the remainder of the mash. From there I can mash out and then drain everything to the kettle and get to the boil. Is this feasible with a 10 gallon plastic mash tun and 8 gallon boil kettle? I'm assuming I might get a bit lower efficiency, but that is easy to correct with $1-2 in grain. I saw some setups here that were similar to this but with using just one vessel.