I seem to recall reading a post about this before, but my searches came up with nothing, so here goes...
I'm doing my first commercial batch of a Belgian Wit and have what I'd describe as a healthy amount of concern about a stuck mash. It's a 7.5bbl batch, and I'll be adding 50lb of rice hulls to mitigate this (total grain bill-475lbs including the rice hulls), so my question is:
Is there an easy way to ensure that I get a consistent distribution of the rice hulls (and for that matter the flaked wheat and oats that don't go thru the mill) in the grain bed? I was planning on just alternating these direct additions with the grain sacks I'm running through the mill. I figured that this layering combined with the way the grist case empties from the center should give me enough mixing action.
Sound reasonable? Other tips? Enough rice hulls? Too much rice hulls? Too much worry? Not enough relaxing?
Thanks,
Scott
I'm doing my first commercial batch of a Belgian Wit and have what I'd describe as a healthy amount of concern about a stuck mash. It's a 7.5bbl batch, and I'll be adding 50lb of rice hulls to mitigate this (total grain bill-475lbs including the rice hulls), so my question is:
Is there an easy way to ensure that I get a consistent distribution of the rice hulls (and for that matter the flaked wheat and oats that don't go thru the mill) in the grain bed? I was planning on just alternating these direct additions with the grain sacks I'm running through the mill. I figured that this layering combined with the way the grist case empties from the center should give me enough mixing action.
Sound reasonable? Other tips? Enough rice hulls? Too much rice hulls? Too much worry? Not enough relaxing?
Thanks,
Scott
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