1) Start with a small batch. I was aiming for 2.5 gal of Cheese's CCA @1.056 OG
2) Grind the living daylights out of your grain...I mean seriously, like you WANT a stuck sparge, with that 30% wheat ground into flour.
3) Attempt a decoction, for no good reason other than you want to try it, and might as well risk a small batch.
4) Overshoot your initial infused protein rest temp by a couple degrees, and toss in some cool water to get it right. Wait 10 min.
5) Pull the first decoction, trying to figure out what's "thick" and what's "thin"
Heat decoction to 150, hold 10 min, then gradually heat to 158, then crank it to a boil.
6) Return decoction to mash. Miss target sacc temp by 5-6 degrees. Pull another decoction (no measuring, just eyeball it), boil, and return. Hit target temp
7) Hold at 152 for 40 minutes.
8) Attempt to pull another well-measured decoction. Boil for 20 minutes. Return to main mash. Miss mashout temp by at least 10 degrees.
9) Eyeball another decoction, boil, return. Still a couple degrees low.
10) Toss in a gallon of 190F water, which you were going to need for the first batch sparge anyway. 170F - hallelujah!
11) Batch sparge as usual, but collect about a gallon more than you intended.
Voila! 95% efficiency. Now i just have to do it like that every time
2) Grind the living daylights out of your grain...I mean seriously, like you WANT a stuck sparge, with that 30% wheat ground into flour.
3) Attempt a decoction, for no good reason other than you want to try it, and might as well risk a small batch.
4) Overshoot your initial infused protein rest temp by a couple degrees, and toss in some cool water to get it right. Wait 10 min.
5) Pull the first decoction, trying to figure out what's "thick" and what's "thin"
Heat decoction to 150, hold 10 min, then gradually heat to 158, then crank it to a boil.
6) Return decoction to mash. Miss target sacc temp by 5-6 degrees. Pull another decoction (no measuring, just eyeball it), boil, and return. Hit target temp
7) Hold at 152 for 40 minutes.
8) Attempt to pull another well-measured decoction. Boil for 20 minutes. Return to main mash. Miss mashout temp by at least 10 degrees.
9) Eyeball another decoction, boil, return. Still a couple degrees low.
10) Toss in a gallon of 190F water, which you were going to need for the first batch sparge anyway. 170F - hallelujah!
11) Batch sparge as usual, but collect about a gallon more than you intended.
Voila! 95% efficiency. Now i just have to do it like that every time
