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Ramping up to Mash Temps with grains added?

Post #1 made 13 years ago
by 2trout
Has have experience adding grains at the very beginning of the heating process? Drop you bag, Add your grains, stir, and start the flame. Heat to mashing temp and shut off. Would this cold liquid start change the mashing process?

A member here has a BIAB facebook group, and this question was posted there first.
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Last edited by 2trout on 06 Jan 2012, 02:42, edited 3 times in total.
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Post #2 made 13 years ago
by hashie
It has been done before, not by me, by a bloke called spillsmostofit on AHB.

I can't recall the actual results, but I do believe it was a one off exercise.

Without some form of mechanical stirring, I'd think you would be very tired by the time you got to mashout temps.
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Post #3 made 13 years ago
by joshua
Good Day, I do this every batch. It covers ALL known Mash Rests, so when I use wheat and oatmeal, I have no problems draing the bag, or slime clogging the bag.
It also allows more time With alpha amylase(131F to 155F)for coversion and really helps with head retension.
Also, you have to heat the water anyway, so why not heat the grains at the same time.
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Post #4 made 13 years ago
by 2trout
Thanks for the reply guys.

While it may take a bit more tending, I think that I'm going to try it. Ive got to put together a new bag, and while Im doing that, Ill be coming up with a good cake rack/false bottom thing.

trout
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Post #5 made 13 years ago
by joshua
Good Day 2trout, When you make your bag, you could put a tab or ring at the very bottom of the bag. You then can attach a small rope or a strong string to the tab, and hang it over the side of the kettle. When you need to "stir" you can pull the string straight up, pulling the bottom of the bag up, and then let it fall back down. It does a great job of mixing the grains in the Mash.
This way allowed me to cover the kettle, insulate it, and leave only a 1/2"/13mm hole in the center of the lid. I have only a 2C drop in temperature in 72 minutes, and pulling the string allows mixing as you add heat. If you have a beam, bar, or branch over head, a small pully can be attched and the string pulled thru it, and it allows remote bag lifting.
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Post #6 made 13 years ago
by 2trout
Great idea!
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