Hello all,
Man, I am really starting to get nervous. I made my mash at 9:30 this morning and by 2:30 this afternoon, iodine tests still turning very black, very quickly.
Some beer background: I am trying to really test the limits of my system and AG brewing skills. I have a 10 gallon mash tun and am trying to make a 17.5% big beer. I have 36 pounds of grain in the tun with a water ratio of about 0.8 gallons per pound of grain. The initial temperature was about 146 (I lost alot of heat because of the stirring I had to do to make sure there werent dry pockets of grain). I have done two decoctions and successfully brought it up to 150, which is my target temp. But still, its been almost 5 hours and i still havent reached conversion.
What gives? I can't check my ph unfortunately, so no info there. Has anyone had a beer take this long?
Man, I am really starting to get nervous. I made my mash at 9:30 this morning and by 2:30 this afternoon, iodine tests still turning very black, very quickly.
Some beer background: I am trying to really test the limits of my system and AG brewing skills. I have a 10 gallon mash tun and am trying to make a 17.5% big beer. I have 36 pounds of grain in the tun with a water ratio of about 0.8 gallons per pound of grain. The initial temperature was about 146 (I lost alot of heat because of the stirring I had to do to make sure there werent dry pockets of grain). I have done two decoctions and successfully brought it up to 150, which is my target temp. But still, its been almost 5 hours and i still havent reached conversion.
What gives? I can't check my ph unfortunately, so no info there. Has anyone had a beer take this long?