Hi all
I had been reading on the pro's and cons of thick vs thin mashing.
Some people reporting that they saw a difference and other saying it was negligable to none.
Anyhow, I decided to make a light lager ( bring on the critics lol ) and decided on a thin mash at 2 quarts per pound.
I have always had an average of 75% in recent batches, but this last batch I hit 86%, and the only thing I can put this down to is the thin mash.
Here is the recipe
4lbs pilsner malt
4 lbs flaked rice
1.5lbs lager malt
Mashed for 2 hours at 145f, 23 ltr batch size which was calculated at an og of about 1.041 @ 75% efficiency, this came out at 1.051 which king of messes with the light lager approach, ( not a bad thing some may say ).
Anybody had this experience with thin mashing?
Cheers guys
Matt
I had been reading on the pro's and cons of thick vs thin mashing.
Some people reporting that they saw a difference and other saying it was negligable to none.
Anyhow, I decided to make a light lager ( bring on the critics lol ) and decided on a thin mash at 2 quarts per pound.
I have always had an average of 75% in recent batches, but this last batch I hit 86%, and the only thing I can put this down to is the thin mash.
Here is the recipe
4lbs pilsner malt
4 lbs flaked rice
1.5lbs lager malt
Mashed for 2 hours at 145f, 23 ltr batch size which was calculated at an og of about 1.041 @ 75% efficiency, this came out at 1.051 which king of messes with the light lager approach, ( not a bad thing some may say ).
Anybody had this experience with thin mashing?
Cheers guys
Matt