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Offline Lazy Ant Brewing

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Are rice hulls ever needed in BIAB?
« on: December 18, 2017, 12:22:28 pm »
I'm planning to use about 10% wild rice in a porter.  I'll grind it and cook it before adding it to the mash.  I typically use about 8 1/2 gallons in the brew pot for 10 to 11 lbs. of grain.

Given the above, if I stir the wild rice mixture into the water at my strike temp before adding the rest of the grains to begin the mash, will I need rice hulls?

Thanks in advance for your advice. 
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Offline dmtaylor

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Re: Are rice hulls ever needed in BIAB?
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2017, 02:10:13 pm »
For BIAB, I would say no, rice hulls are not needed.

For any other process, they are cheap insurance.  Are they necessary in these cases?  It depends.  At 10%, maybe not.  At 20% or more, possibly but not necessarily.

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Offline Nathan

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Re: Are rice hulls ever needed in BIAB?
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2017, 11:53:27 am »
Wild rice has hulls on it


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