Eallured
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I was planning on doing this around 146-148°F for 90-120 minutes to get a nice, highly fermentable wort. But I've heard that there can be problems with conversion at this low of a temperature. I am considering a few different options, and wondering what might be best. First thought, and most complicated, is dough in 90% of my grain at the target temp, rest for 60 min, then raise the temp to 152-154ish to activate the alphas and then add the remaining grain after a rest to replenish any denatured beta amylase.
Second option is to dough in at the higher temp and leave the cover off the mash tun and stir for a while until I get down to target temp and then close it up.
Thirdly I could just dough in at target temp and just wait around until it passes and iodine test.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Second option is to dough in at the higher temp and leave the cover off the mash tun and stir for a while until I get down to target temp and then close it up.
Thirdly I could just dough in at target temp and just wait around until it passes and iodine test.
Thoughts? Suggestions?