when to use pumps vs pouring?

[Empress Lilith]

just wondering when its better to use pumps or actually pouring in your hot water....currently ive been using a electric kettle and a pump into my mash tun cause my thought process was it would be less contamination....also been doing this for the mash out...im not sure if this is actually a good technique tho since it takes longer to pump in hot water then just dumping it in...any tips would be greatly appreciated

[Angry Trash]

I've never used a pump, and regularly get contamination of less than 4%. I keep my boiling pot on a burner with the lid shut at boiling, then pour a small amount in at a time until the sugars are all dissolved. Since it's boiling, every time you splash some in it lowers contamination, and it makes doing the wash more convenient.

[Empress Lilith]

do you close the lid on your mash every time after you put in a little hot water?

[Angry Trash]

Originally posted by Empress Lilith:

do you close the lid on your mash every time after you put in a little hot water?

Yes

[Empress Lilith]

ok thank you my next step is figuring out my problem with always having a high sweet and malty brew

[Angry Trash]

Originally posted by Empress Lilith:

ok thank you my next step is figuring out my problem with always having a high sweet and malty brew

Steeping hops for longer than 30 minutes lowers their flavor and only extracts the bitter acids (higher the acid, the more bitter). You can also use roasted grains which tend to have more crisp and bitter flavors.

If you use the advanced cooler it will remove all bitterness, it's bugged. Some people say the same for the wort cooler.

[Empress Lilith]

yeah im only using the immersion cooler now because of the bug and so are you saying in the steps where it says 50 mins i should reduce it down to 30 mins for a more hoppy/bitter profile?

[Angry Trash]

Originally posted by Empress Lilith:

yeah im only using the immersion cooler now because of the bug and so are you saying in the steps where it says 50 mins i should reduce it down to 30 mins for a more hoppy/bitter profile?

No, anything over 30 minutes will result in more bitter tastes and less of the flavor notes (such as citrus, chocolate, etc) because it leaks the alpha acid of your hops (higher acid, more bitter extracted). Short boils are for flavor notes, long boils are for bitter notes.

[TheSiegeTech]

I use a pump for temp control on wort.

Use a brew kettle (for the tap), and small mash tun (the orange cooler, not the blue one). Pour the initial 10 liters to get temp in mash tun to 65c, then cover both kettle and tun. I use the medium burner at max, connect the kettle tap to pump, pump to mash tun tap, and turn the pump on.

When the temp in the tun gets falls close to 65, open the kettle tap for a second or two, should boost temp in the tun to 66, repeat.

The orange mash tun has better insulation.

[ASdSomnus]

Originally posted by TheSiegeTech:

I use a pump for temp control on wort.

Use a brew kettle (for the tap), and small mash tun (the orange cooler, not the blue one). Pour the initial 10 liters to get temp in mash tun to 65c, then cover both kettle and tun. I use the medium burner at max, connect the kettle tap to pump, pump to mash tun tap, and turn the pump on.

When the temp in the tun gets falls close to 65, open the kettle tap for a second or two, should boost temp in the tun to 66, repeat.

The orange mash tun has better insulation.

That’s clever,I'll try it later.

[LucyRiver]

Originally posted by TheSiegeTech:

I use a pump for temp control on wort.

Use a brew kettle (for the tap), and small mash tun (the orange cooler, not the blue one). Pour the initial 10 liters to get temp in mash tun to 65c, then cover both kettle and tun. I use the medium burner at max, connect the kettle tap to pump, pump to mash tun tap, and turn the pump on.

When the temp in the tun gets falls close to 65, open the kettle tap for a second or two, should boost temp in the tun to 66, repeat.

The orange mash tun has better insulation.

It's also just possible to use the electric kettle for mashing. You can't directly put the grains in it, but you can pour them in a pot and them empty the pot into the electric kettle. Pour in the 10 liters to start it and set the temp to 65°C. Then when you're done mashing, you can drain it into the pot again, clean the kettle and pour it back in the kettle to heat it to max.

[Gunnery_SGT_Highway]

i think the next patch should bump up the money a bit as well.