beerdog
Apprentice
HERMS is something that I have been considering for a while now, but I have a nagging question about the wort temp. When the wort is circulated through the hot water of an HLT, does the temp of the wort actually reach or approach the temp of the water in the HLT? I would think you would want to limit the circulating wort temp to below 160F, so as not to increase dextrins. Is the temp of the wort leaving the HLT monitored to prevent over heating of the circulating wort, or is this not a concern? :-\