Thinking of my last attempt at making an Oatmeal Stout and my completely stuck mash, I picked up some rice hull at my LHBS.
I've never used them before and I'm not really sure how much to use or what to do with them.
Any advice would be great. Thanks.
Rice Hulls
Moderator: slothrob
RE: Rice Hulls
Hey Legman...
Some people say to soak them to get them wet and to rinse them off before using them in the mash.
I usually use a half pound per any 5 gallon batch and it always does the trick.
My last brew had 2 lbs of flaked maize and i added the half lb of rice hulls and had no problem with the runoff. I don't bother with soaking them but i'll add my strike water to the tun then throw a couple of hand fulls in get it wet then add a good portion of the grain then stir and mix well then repeat until all is in the tun.
This Saturday, I'll be brewing up an Apricot Wheat and will use a half lb of rice hulls just to be safe. Stuck mashes are no fun.
Hope this helps!
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Some people say to soak them to get them wet and to rinse them off before using them in the mash.
I usually use a half pound per any 5 gallon batch and it always does the trick.
My last brew had 2 lbs of flaked maize and i added the half lb of rice hulls and had no problem with the runoff. I don't bother with soaking them but i'll add my strike water to the tun then throw a couple of hand fulls in get it wet then add a good portion of the grain then stir and mix well then repeat until all is in the tun.
This Saturday, I'll be brewing up an Apricot Wheat and will use a half lb of rice hulls just to be safe. Stuck mashes are no fun.
Hope this helps!
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I used a lb of rice hulls in both of my belgian wit batches. I didn't bother with the pre soak either. I just mixed them up really well with my other grains and tossed them in. I didn't have a stuck sparge and the beer tasted great, so they must have done the trick.
The only reason I went with a lb. is because I had 4.5lbs of wheat malt, and 2 lbs. of flaked wheat. I didn't want to take a chance with that much wheat.
The only reason I went with a lb. is because I had 4.5lbs of wheat malt, and 2 lbs. of flaked wheat. I didn't want to take a chance with that much wheat.
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We have a guy at our beer shop who constantly uses around 1-1 1/2 lbs of rice hulls per batch. In speaking with him he had a stuck sparge also. Now he uses the rice hulls with every batch containing flaked rice, barley, wheat etc. just a precaution. I have used this amount in some batches of mine too. Works great, I would highly recommend their use.
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