I’ve had a few mashes blow out my coolers (meaning, more than I have capacity fore).
I’m debating using one of my three 20G kettles as a dedicated mash tun, and converting an older 3G stainless pot into a direct-fire grant. This way, I can futz with the gas a little less, as long as I balance my pump rate and my inflow rate.
Has anyone ever done this, in a setup like this? For whatever reason, this seems pretty simple, just lots of time and practice learning to balance the load in the grant, the pump flow, the mash outflow, and the heat on the grant.
I’ve half considered an Electric Brewery HERMS setup or similar, or even doing some sort of HERMS setup, but this seems a bit easier to try first.
Cheers.