Jye
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Since I started recirculating the mash (this is only done at the end to clear the running) I have really noticed the brown sludge that forms on top of the grain bed and I think this may be causing channelling down the walls of the MLT. I initially though the channelling was caused by my SS braid, it used to only have 3 loops and sat against the wall where it would drain the wort. But today I looped it 4 times to bring it in away from the wall and I still got channelling.
This isnt a problem for me since I am batch sparging and still get very clear runnings. But could this be a problem if you recirculate all of the time since the wort would continually run down the walls and not through the mash?
Does this happen to anyone else?
Cheers
Jye



This isnt a problem for me since I am batch sparging and still get very clear runnings. But could this be a problem if you recirculate all of the time since the wort would continually run down the walls and not through the mash?
Does this happen to anyone else?
Cheers
Jye


