LandoLincoln
Well-Known Member
The author appears to be referencing directly or indirectly a statement / study by Charles Bamforth about home brewer-style CONSTANTLY RECIRCULATED mashes ala RIMS / HERMS.
There was a Charlie Bamforth interview where he stated that constant recirculation systems result in "watery" fully dried out beers that are often deficient in lipids. (Obviously you can just decrease your mash time to make up for this- I can tell you from experience that conversion happens about 15 minutes faster when I recirculation mash vs. don't -I've performed the iodine test in side-by-side mashes with 100% base malt mashes.)
That is not my experience in the least. If anything, I'm trying to tweak my HERMS rig to give me a bit less body than what I've been getting.