captaineriv
Well-Known Member
I use a round 5-gal. igloo cooler for my mash/lauter tun and have always skipped the mash-out step, but next time I want to give it a shot. I was reading that a mash-out is pretty simple if you draw out some of the thin mash, boil it, and add it back. Sort of like a mini-decoction. If I wanted to do a single step infusion mash using 10 lbs. of grain and about 13 qts. of mash water and then use this method to mash out, how much thin mash would I want to draw out and boil? Everywhere I read says to drain about 5-6 qts., but after an expected 8-8.5 qts. or so that the grain bed absorbs, it seems that the 5-6 qts. needed to mash-out would be nearly all of the thin mash left in the tun. Does this seem right or am I miscalculating somewhere?
captaineriv
captaineriv