My last brew gave me difficulty. I added the grains to the mash water after we heated it up. Then, it was completely dry on top. I didn't add any additional water because we were at the correct temperature and I didn't want to lower it.
The recipe called for 1.25 quarts per pound of grains. This brew had 14 pounds of grains. This came out to 4.375 gallons of water. I used 5 gallons.
The difficulty came in getting the wort out of the mash tun. The waterlevel after the mash was a good inch or so underneath the top of the grains. It took almost half of the sparge water to get the water level above the grains. My question is, should the mash be that dry, or should it be more soupy? I screwed something up, but what?
The recipe called for 1.25 quarts per pound of grains. This brew had 14 pounds of grains. This came out to 4.375 gallons of water. I used 5 gallons.
The difficulty came in getting the wort out of the mash tun. The waterlevel after the mash was a good inch or so underneath the top of the grains. It took almost half of the sparge water to get the water level above the grains. My question is, should the mash be that dry, or should it be more soupy? I screwed something up, but what?