Ok in just starting, I see the recepie but how many gallons of water do you need for this recepie ? Sorry and if someone can explain ill be very happy!!!!
Mash Profile
Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Mash Grain Weight: 11.75 lb
Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F
What you need is the following -
Use 14.69 quarts of water heated to 169.9 or about 170 degrees or so. Put that water in your mash tun . It will cool a bit . then pour in grain ( not all at once ) stir into water while pouring so you do not get any clumps or cold spots . The water will cool down to about the 154.0 degrees needed for mash . ( if not then you need to add in hot or cold water to get the temp. ) Do not worry about getting it perfect . Your beer will still be great . 150 to 154 will most likely do the job . If you get say 148 then add in a gallon of boiling water and stir it up good . If you get 159 then add in some cold water but not as much and not all at once as it cools quickly when it starts dropping . A quart at a time is good .
REMEMBER - if you add in a gallon of mash water you need to cut out a gallon of sparge water . I simply sparge until my boil volume is reached then turn off the spigot . That way it really does not matter how much you use .
Only practice will tell you what temp to use for your tun as it varies .
Sparge water . 4.21 gallons at 170 degrees . keep a lid on the pot so it does not cool down too much while sparging as it takes a while to do right . Sparge and drain mash tun at a slow rate to avoid clogging your filter . i.e. stuck sparge . Just drain your mash tun then start your sparge pouring through a strainer to spread water around . keep the top of the grain bed under a quarter or so inch of water until your boil volume is reached in your pot .
This is what I do . Others may have a different view on it . But it works and this is great beer indeed.
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Sparge Water: 4.21 gal at 170.0 degrees
Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In - Add 14.69 qt of water at 165.9 F ...... ADD GRAIN and temp drops to this - 154.0 F .. mash for 60 min .
A note on mashing . . If you want a clean flow all time then wrap a nylon paint filter bag from paint store around your false bottom and you will never get a stuck sparge from a nice fine grind . this is mine . I am really happy with it .
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f85/my-new-mash-tun-filter-376005/
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