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davidkrau

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How much mash water to use? Palmer is his first book suggests 1.5 qts per lb. grain ie 3.8 gals for a 10 lbs grain. In his new book he recvommends 2 qts per pound grain ie 5 gals per 10 lbs. Papazian in his older book recommends 2.5 gals H20 per 10 lbs grain. I haven't seen his new book.

What is the general concensus of how much water to use?

David Krause
 
Me, too...usually around 1.25. For me, it's because it usually makes the rest of my mash schedule work out well. I batch sparge, and I want my batches to be roughly equal in volume.

In reality, anything between 1-2qts/lb should work fine I would think, with perhaps minor differences in wort fermentability (if at all).
 

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