Question about equipment use

[Steampunk]

Why do I heat up strike water in hlt rather than just mlt (I have a pot for this). Seems like unnecessary transferring

 

[emmdubb23]

You can if you want to its called direct fire mlt. In fact Scottish brewers did it that way for hundreds of years, heat up water then pour in grains. You probably want to heat up your sparge water in a different pot though.

 

[Steampunk]

Agreed on the sparge water. But why wouldn't everyone without a cooler mlt do this. Is there a downside?

 

[unionrdr]

I started doing partial boil/partial mash biab in my 5G SSBK. 1.5 gallons of water to 5 pounds of grains. I sparge with 165F water of the same amount. I drain the grain bag in a SS collander set on top of the BK & sparge their too. Allow to drain,maybe sqyeeze the bag a little. Then heat to a boil & right before it boils,deal with the hot break & start hop additions.

 

[emmdubb23]

Agreed on the sparge water. But why wouldn't everyone without a cooler mlt do this. Is there a downside?

I don't know, I use a cooler...