I started by figuring out how much strike water I need to mash a 10gal batch of oatmeal stout. 9gal I looked at my 36qt mash tun and quickly figured out that 9gal of water and almost 30lbs of grain would not fit. As I started mashing my hose in my cooler started leaking. By the time I got it dumped into another cooler. Mash run fixed and back into mash mode I was down under 140.
Bad brew day so far how bad is it?
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chumpsteak
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That molasses is going to help, but if you mashed at 140 you're probably in trouble. Take a gravity reading before you boil and adjust the gravity with dry or liquid malt extract if you have some. If not, then enjoy your super sweet low gravity stout.
bigbeergeek
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Super sweet? I'd expect more like bone-dry.
bigbeergeek
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Did you correct the mash temperature or let it ride?
chumpsteak
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Bone dry if it ferments at all at 140.
I was able to get my mash temp up to 150 it was only in the 140's for about 10 min. Now I have less then half of my mash in a regular cooler and the rest in my mash tun. I think I am going to have to move the grain from the cooler to my tun and sparge as one.
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