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Shakabrew
Cheers Everyone!
I've been brewing about 7 years now. The last 2 years I have been brewing with an insulated Igloo system in which I have to heat my mash water and then pour it into the mash tun. There's a lot of splashing and hot side aeration when I do this. I've noticed the effects of the HSA about a month after I keg or bottle. It's also knocked the shit out of my scores in competition. There's nothing I can do to prevent this type of hot water transfer with the system I have. I know a lot of homebrewers have this same type of system and brew great, award winning beers. Right now I'm thinking of buying a pump to transfer the mash water from my heating kettle to the mash tun. I know I'll lose a certain amount of heat when I do this. This concerns me. I guess I just have to do the trial and error appoach if I go this route unless someone knows the heat loss with this type of transfer.
I do 5 gallon batches and the amount of water I use to mash is about 4.25 gallons. My grains are about 11-12 lbs.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep the HSA down with an insulated igloo system during hot water transfer????
Cheers Again Everyone!
Shakabrew
I've been brewing about 7 years now. The last 2 years I have been brewing with an insulated Igloo system in which I have to heat my mash water and then pour it into the mash tun. There's a lot of splashing and hot side aeration when I do this. I've noticed the effects of the HSA about a month after I keg or bottle. It's also knocked the shit out of my scores in competition. There's nothing I can do to prevent this type of hot water transfer with the system I have. I know a lot of homebrewers have this same type of system and brew great, award winning beers. Right now I'm thinking of buying a pump to transfer the mash water from my heating kettle to the mash tun. I know I'll lose a certain amount of heat when I do this. This concerns me. I guess I just have to do the trial and error appoach if I go this route unless someone knows the heat loss with this type of transfer.
I do 5 gallon batches and the amount of water I use to mash is about 4.25 gallons. My grains are about 11-12 lbs.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep the HSA down with an insulated igloo system during hot water transfer????
Cheers Again Everyone!
Shakabrew