UptownMarket
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I brewed a 5G batch of this last night.
My first full grain batch.
OG came in at 1.055 and I was shooting for 1.060. I think I might have added a little more water than I was hoping for through the mash.
I converted a 54Q coleman cooler into a mashtun and I had a lot of trouble keeping the temperature high enough. Two issues that might have been the problem... headspace and no extra insulation on the exterior.
To solve the problem I poured out of bit of the mash and heated it back up to 160% or so. After a couple rounds of that I found out that in beer smith there was a add water tool so I boiled up some of what our sparge would be to bring it up to temp.
What do you guys do to make your mashes more efficient? I think on average I was running at about 144F instead of 148F.
My first full grain batch.
OG came in at 1.055 and I was shooting for 1.060. I think I might have added a little more water than I was hoping for through the mash.
I converted a 54Q coleman cooler into a mashtun and I had a lot of trouble keeping the temperature high enough. Two issues that might have been the problem... headspace and no extra insulation on the exterior.
To solve the problem I poured out of bit of the mash and heated it back up to 160% or so. After a couple rounds of that I found out that in beer smith there was a add water tool so I boiled up some of what our sparge would be to bring it up to temp.
What do you guys do to make your mashes more efficient? I think on average I was running at about 144F instead of 148F.