Prob a really silly question

[Nathan]

So I,m venturing away from BIAB to a 3v system and the one thing I,m not 100% sure on is the mash process in particular when the grains get added ie.....Do you add grains to water or water to grains in your tun?

Thanks in advance hahahahaha

[Crusader-Rob]

Depend how you set up your system, if you doing a ostly automated re-circulation hlt mash tun and kettle, then you can add waterto grains from bottom up, slowly but surely, otherwise it'd probasbly be the same as what you do now (Adding grains to water)

[Peter Church]

Under letting (adding water to the grain from the outlet at the bottom of the Mash Tun should result in less dough balls, that's how I have mine setup now with the mash tun on parcel scales so that you can measure volume, check out some of Paul Wicksteds videos on you tube, Time4Another1,

https://www.youtube.com/user/Time4Another1?feature=em-subs_digest

[Nathan]

Cheers guys no pumps yet just gravity for now so its grains to water I take it?

[Peter Church]

look at three tier systems, you could under let using gravity, grains to water is probably easier though

[Peter Smith]

I watched someone bottom fill a 50-60L batch last weekend and was amazed how easy it was, hardly any stirring required.  Issues the grain bed floating up with water if too fast I believe.   I am definitely going to try this way, as it looked a lot easier and less mess.