Hi everyone,
I'm hoping someone can point out a flaw in my system here. I recently switched from a five to a ten gallon cooler mashtun. I'm having a lot of problems hitting my mash temperature. I'm using 1 1/4 quart per/lb and pre-heating the mashtun with boiling water before I mash in. For example.
I'm making a porter, and went with 10.5/lb of grain shooting for a mash-in of 154. Using 3.5 gallons, I heated my water to 166, dumped the pre-heating water from the mashtun, poured the strike water in, dumped the grain in, stirred briefly and tried several temp readings. 140 degrees, unless I was making contact with the grain, then it was like 120. What am I missing?
Thanks for any help!
I'm hoping someone can point out a flaw in my system here. I recently switched from a five to a ten gallon cooler mashtun. I'm having a lot of problems hitting my mash temperature. I'm using 1 1/4 quart per/lb and pre-heating the mashtun with boiling water before I mash in. For example.
I'm making a porter, and went with 10.5/lb of grain shooting for a mash-in of 154. Using 3.5 gallons, I heated my water to 166, dumped the pre-heating water from the mashtun, poured the strike water in, dumped the grain in, stirred briefly and tried several temp readings. 140 degrees, unless I was making contact with the grain, then it was like 120. What am I missing?
Thanks for any help!