Grain absorption

michaelpeach76 · Sep 25, 2012

Is there a rule of thumb to how much water will be lost to grain absorption while mashing? I'm trying to figure out how much water I'd need at mash out. Strike volume is 14.13 Quarts...basically 3.5 gallons. How much of that water would I have left after a 60 min mash? Will pro mash calculate that?

Zamial · Sep 25, 2012

http://www.brew365.com/mash_sparge_water_calculator.php

In my experience it seems to average around 1 gallon per 10 lbs of grain.

Gitmoe · Sep 25, 2012

the general calculation is .13gal/lb of grain water loss to absorbtion.

michaelpeach76 · Sep 26, 2012

how hot do you want your mash out water to be?

duboman · Sep 26, 2012

michaelpeach76 said:
how hot do you want your mash out water to be?

Assuming you mean your sparge water 170-180 is a good range

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