Hello,
I tried searching for this but there are too many overlapping terms.
I was wondering of anybody has put a pot inside a pot of boiling water to execute a decoction? I heard this on a Brewcaster episode many years ago. The thought is to remove scorching risk by putting a smaller stock pot with the grains inside a boil kettle which would have boiling water bubbling away. The only question is if the grains would actually make it to a boil themselves. Is there enough heat transferred to bring the grain to a boil? This would be for a 5 gallon batch so probably 3 pounds of grain and 2.5 gallons of water.
Just exploring at this point and the approach might have fatal flaws but thought it would be a decent discussion. Thanks.
I tried searching for this but there are too many overlapping terms.
I was wondering of anybody has put a pot inside a pot of boiling water to execute a decoction? I heard this on a Brewcaster episode many years ago. The thought is to remove scorching risk by putting a smaller stock pot with the grains inside a boil kettle which would have boiling water bubbling away. The only question is if the grains would actually make it to a boil themselves. Is there enough heat transferred to bring the grain to a boil? This would be for a 5 gallon batch so probably 3 pounds of grain and 2.5 gallons of water.
Just exploring at this point and the approach might have fatal flaws but thought it would be a decent discussion. Thanks.