Missed my mash temp.....tun was not as warm as I thought. currently at 143F. Was a little on the thick side to be safe anyway. Is the 143 ok to mash with??? or should I add more hot water. Doing a Tripel with 11# of Pilsner malts target was 152f.
Me too, OP.
I ended up just feeding the birds and squirrels and I'm pissed, I just wasted $30 worth of grain. I have three....I repeat three thermometers and all of them decided to act up.
I heated up my water, pre-warmed the cooler, got the strike water to 170 which was a tad hotter than I needed, added 3 gal of water... added grains...mixed took temp.... 163. Added cold water (half a gal)temp dropped to 148, added more hot water and and it just continued on from there.
I dumped it on the grass I was sitting at 144 with almost 7 gals in my mash for a 5 gal batch. I would have nothing for sparge if I continued. The thermometers, one read 144, on read 136 and the other read 140. I kinda trust the 144. And I mixed the living hell outta my mash.
My first complete failed brew.
I added some boiling water to bring the temp up, but was not enough. Let mash for 90mins. Not sure if it helped or not as pre-boil gravity was 1.035 for 6.75 gallons. Decided, screw it and boiled until I had 5 gallons...the 2#s of candi sugar helped. og of 1.072 for my tripel.....hoping I get some good attenuation and get near the 8%. First AG, so lessons learned...
As a side note, the WLP530 (rinsed 2nd gen) took off like crazy. Glad I decided on a blow off tube. My bucket lid was bulging. Have not made an umdrinkable brew yet and not planning to with this one.
Me too, OP.
I ended up just feeding the birds and squirrels and I'm pissed, I just wasted $30 worth of grain. I have three....I repeat three thermometers and all of them decided to act up.
I heated up my water, pre-warmed the cooler, got the strike water to 170 which was a tad hotter than I needed, added 3 gal of water... added grains...mixed took temp.... 163. Added cold water (half a gal)temp dropped to 148, added more hot water and and it just continued on from there.
I dumped it on the grass I was sitting at 144 with almost 7 gals in my mash for a 5 gal batch. I would have nothing for sparge if I continued. The thermometers, one read 144, on read 136 and the other read 140. I kinda trust the 144. And I mixed the living hell outta my mash.
My first complete failed brew.
Thanks Yooper, great advice as usual!
I thought I mixed it well enough but I didn't. Compound that with anxiety (rookie) I over compensated and messed up.
RugenBrau, I do check the 0 temp, I'm a firm believer that multiple points need to be checked to confirm though. All of mine read 1 degree C in ice water but I'm going to have to check the 212/100. I do need a more reliable thermometer(s), its going to be my next purchase. To add insult to injury, I grilled some steaks for dinner and my weber thermometer was acting up also.
Day is over, start fresh next weekend.
CJ- I throw a gallon of boiling water in and put the top on it and let is sit for a hour
Shoots I just throw my steaks on the charcoal and flip every 3 min. until the center looks like I want it to look. I have no idea what the temp is, but it takes about 15 minutes on the charcoal.
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