Tannins

[JCasey1992]

How much grain do I need to spill into the boil to worry about tannins and other consequences? Like an idiot, I started pouring my grains into the kettle fully forgetting there wasn't a bag in it yet. It wasn't much. Probably not even a pound of grain before I caught myself. Plus I grabbed a kitchen strainer to pull most of the grains out and put it back in the bag before continuing. I'm sure there's still some that made it to the boil though.

Thanks for the help.

Cheers!
Casey

 

[hottpeper13]

Keep your pH 5 or below and there shouldn't be any extraction. when I batch sparged in a tun I would normally use 200* liquor for sparging and the temp sometimes would go to the 180's and not one beer had an astringent feel. I try to maintain a pH of 4.9 to 5.2

 

[kh54s10]

I doubt there was enough to cause a problem. What the amount that would cause a problem? IDK. Unless it is a light beer, the tannins probably wouldn't be too noticeable.