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Increasing mash temp by adding hot water rather than heating the mash?
John Palmer covers this in his How to Brew book. An old version is available online, and the equations you want can be found at:
http://howtobrew.com/book/section-3/the-methods-of-mashing/...
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Increasing mash temp by adding hot water rather than heating the mash?
You can add all the hot water you want as long as you don't go over the full volume of the water for your batch of beer. Many people do full volume mashes using the full volume of water they will need ...
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Pros and cons of HERMS with coil-heated mash tun
I have tried this and the Biggest Con:
Cleaning the coil - for me a complete PITA, never gets fully clean.
Hot spots - read takes more of your time to stir the mash and disrupt the grain bed.
Put ...
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Pros and cons of HERMS with coil-heated mash tun
Here's the pros and cons I see.
Pros (coil in mash)
could be configured as a two vessel system, the boil tank can double as hlt for batch sparge allowing step mash. But then lose ability to fly ...
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Pros and cons of HERMS with coil-heated mash tun
One of the mayor advantages of using the "classic" HERMS is that you will get circulation on the mash, whilst heating it. So the advantage with this might be that you will not get stuck mashes, you ...
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Which Stores carry the metal connectors for constructing a Mash Tun?
Your local brewery store may have a small selection of fittings, but your best bet for selection and pricing is going to be online. I manage Sanitary Fittings where we sell a wide variety of fittings ...
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