How to Fix A Stuck Mash

A stuck mash can be a setback for many brewers on a brew day but can have a simple fix if you know how. In this video, we show you a guide on how to fix a stuck mash using rice hulls (a brewer's secret weapon) to get you back in action.
After years of Sam teaching himself without the help of online tutorials, we decided it was time to share what he wished he knew back then.
We recommend any brewer, Homebrewer or Professional, always have rice hulls available.
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0:00 Why It Can Be Stuck
1:29 Fixing the Blockage
4:45 Sending Back to the Kettle
5:44 Important Tips
6:41 Home Brewer Tips
6:53 Takeaways

[@indiekiduk]

6:22 the higher temp the *lower the viscosity

[@flamingalahbrewingco]

We noticed this too after posting it, it will be edited asap. cheers

[@NoMusiciansInMusicAnymore]

Great video man, even as a home brewer this is invaluable!

[@IanRossDownham]

Top tip. I;ve got a massive bag of rice hulls for Wheat beer brews. Had a few stick and this has always saved the day. Cheers chap

[@SuperRS2008]

Rice Hulls have saved my bacon more times than I'd like to admit, both at home and commercial. Great video as always, love the humour!

[@flamingalahbrewingco]

Same here! Cheers and thanks for watching.

[@zacharywhitney7295]

Glad to hear the audio coming to both ears now🙃 Too good a brewing resource, keep it up homies. 🤙🏻

[@flamingalahbrewingco]

haha we finally figured it out! rookie KZbinrs!

[@erwindijkstra5077]

Hi Mate, love your videos. I’ve just started my brewery in Amsterdam. We are now working with a 100 liter system just like yours. I saw in another video that the boil kettle has a gas burner. Can you adjust the heat also in the mash kettle? I’m asking because I’m engineering my own brewing system. And I want some more knowledge on the mash/lauter system.

[@flamingalahbrewingco]

Hey mate yes we can adjust the mash tun temperature using a herms (heat exchange recirculating mash system) there’s a 20 mitre coil inside the HLT that you run the wort through and back into the mash tun and this heats the mash at approx 1 degree per 1.30 minute. A cheap and efficient way to heat the mash tun. We’re planning a trip to Amsterdam, maybe you could help us with brewery recommendations & what’s the name of yours? Cheers