miatawnt2b
Well-Known Member
I have been using Beersmith to calculate my strike water temps and I am missing it every time by about 5*F. I have been heating my strike water to about 10-15* over temp and adding it to my cooler MLT. I then wait usually about 10-15min for the water to preheat the tun and come down to strike temp before adding the grain. I also enter the actual grain temp into beersmith which usually bumps up the strike temp a few points. Anyhow, even after using this method, after my grain is added, my mash temps are always 5* low.
I am trying to figure out why, and I am wondering if my grain specific heat param got messed up in beersmith somehow. Think someone could check their grain specific heat calculation and let me know? Mine is set to 0.380Cal/gram-C and Volume for 1kg of grain 0.652liters/kg.
Any other thoughts? I have been brewing in my garage which is about 60*F when I am adding grain, and it may take 3-5 min to add it all. I am also wondering if it's dropping that much because the lid is off for that time.
-J
I am trying to figure out why, and I am wondering if my grain specific heat param got messed up in beersmith somehow. Think someone could check their grain specific heat calculation and let me know? Mine is set to 0.380Cal/gram-C and Volume for 1kg of grain 0.652liters/kg.
Any other thoughts? I have been brewing in my garage which is about 60*F when I am adding grain, and it may take 3-5 min to add it all. I am also wondering if it's dropping that much because the lid is off for that time.
-J