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I'll be brewing this on Saturday. Since there is 20% flaked barley and 10% roasted barley (which will be ground very fine in a coffee grinder as per Jamil's instructions), would rice hulls be advisable? I use a continuously recirculated HERMS set up so a stuck mash really screws with my temps and I want to serve this at a St. Patty's Day party.

I don't see how adding rice hulls would hurt.

it was the only stuck mash i ever had...USE RICE HULLSSS!!!!!!! it's a great recipe, enjoy!

Okay, I'll have to make sure I make it to the LHBS this week to get some rice hulls.

Thanks guys!

I brew a very similar recipe to Jamils quite often. I also have a HERMS system. Put all your grains in first and mix well. Then add the flaked barely and mix them into only the top 1/3 of the mash. I only had a stuck mash when I mixed the flaked barely in to the whole mash. It would not hurt to have the rice hulls on hand any ways.

I have had bad stuck mashes in the past. I brewed Jamil's recipe weekend before last. Half pound of rice hulls in the bottom of the mash tun did the trick.

I like the idea of adding the flaked barley to only the top 1/3 of the mash. I think I'll try that in combination with rice hulls. Thanks!

First off its an awesome recipe! I believe you ground up the roast barley, not flaked. You want to grind those super dark malts to a powder to get as much color as you can. I use rice hulls and do the latter third of the mash addition with the dark grains. Wonderful beer, enjoy