Heating element below false bottom
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:02 pm
by Bad Goat Brewing
I've been thinking about buying a new Stout mash tun and putting a blichman boil coil under the false bottom. Has anyone seen a system like this, or know why it wouldn't work? I'm trying to simplify my brew system a little
I'd have to space the false bottom up, and loose some capacity, but that should be easy to account for.
Re: Heating element below false bottom
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:41 pm
by NateBrews
Were you thinking that you would have a pump circulating the wort all the time? If not, it seems like you would have a really hard time having a consistent mash temperature across the mash.
That said, I have a boil coil that resides in my boil kettle and I reciculate my wort from the kettle to the tun and back to the kettle (like a blichmann BrewEasy system....kinda) and that seems to work very well for temperature control. If you circulate the mash tun then it seems like you would have roughly the same thing.
Re: Heating element below false bottom
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:52 pm
by Bad Goat Brewing
Yep, i was planning on a pump going.
Re: Heating element below false bottom
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:07 pm
by BDawg
a word of caution-
a bit of grain always escapes below most false bottoms. When it invariably ends up stuck to the heating element, it will scorch and you'll tend to get a touch of ash/burnt/smoke in your beers.
Re: Heating element below false bottom
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:05 am
by Ozwald
BDawg wrote:a word of caution-
a bit of grain always escapes below most false bottoms. When it invariably ends up stuck to the heating element, it will scorch and you'll tend to get a touch of ash/burnt/smoke in your beers.
+1. And one of the reasons I hate my RIMS & want to go back to HERMS asap.
Re: Heating element below false bottom
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 4:19 am
by NervousDad
I just ditched my RIMS for a stout tank HERMS. The way they their false bottom works I don't think you will be able to put an element underneath of it.
Re: Heating element below false bottom
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:01 pm
by Ozwald
NervousDad wrote:I just ditched my RIMS for a stout tank HERMS. The way they their false bottom works I don't think you will be able to put an element underneath of it.
The only reason I gave it up was because I upgraded from a 10g system to a 1bbl system. The old coil just couldn't handle the larger MLT. Too many other things have had priority, but eventually... I always had good luck with the coil in the HLT, but the more I think about it, I kind of like the idea of adding a separate vessel for it.
Re: Heating element below false bottom
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:53 pm
by Bad Goat Brewing
I came across this today. seems similar to what i was thinking.
http://brewhaequipment.com/products/stainless-mash-tun