Wort left in pump lines? (eBIAB)

[huntb]

What does everyone with recirculating eBIAB do with the wort in the pump tubes after mashing? Are you still recirculating during the boil? Do you drain it before chilling? I tested my pump for the first time tonight and was lost when I went to turn the pump off. Water on the floor I guess...

 

[augiedoggy]

What does everyone with recirculating eBIAB do with the wort in the pump tubes after mashing? Are you still recirculating during the boil? Do you drain it before chilling? I tested my pump for the first time tonight and was lost when I went to turn the pump off. Water on the floor I guess...

my pump is mounted to the base of my kettle so if I want to drain the lineI just disconnect the top hose and lower it so it drains into a quart measuring cup I use ..then I dump that back in..

 

[TungstenBeer]

my pump is mounted to the base of my kettle so if I want to drain the lineI just disconnect the top hose and lower it so it drains into a quart measuring cup I use ..then I dump that back in..

Yep. I just *carefully* tip the pump towards a pitcher or clean bucket, open the ball valve, and let everything drain into the pitcher like that, and then dump it back into the pot before I start the boil.

 

[huntb]

Good deal, that's what I was figuring. Thanks

 

[schematix]

I drain mine out through my prime valve into a 2G bucket. Everything below that goes to a rag on the floor.

I am going to modify this set up to include a low point drain when I have the time.

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[BadNewsBrewery]

I don't do BIAB but I do use a pump to transfer the wort from the mash tun to the boil kettle, and I always have a little left over. I simply leave it in. The last 15 minutes of the boil I fire up the pump to flow hot wort through the plate chiller to sanitize it. That sends whatever unboiled wort was in the pump right back into the BK.

-Kevin