Optimum Mash for Beta Amylase with Minimum Sparging?

EinGutesBier · Apr 25, 2008

I'm looking to make a thicker mash so I can get a better production from beta amylase. Typically I do a mash of about 1.25 quarts per pound of grain for my strike water. Would a thicker mash be closer to 1 quart or perhaps 1.15? The goal is to get the most enzymatic action from my initial mash while getting the most volume in order to minimize sparging.

boo boo · Apr 25, 2008

Go for it, as I think you are right, but why would you want to minimize your sparge water when you know that will reduce your efficiency?

EinGutesBier · Apr 25, 2008

Well, I'd like to keep my OG high. It seems as if I get the greatest amount of strike water in the MLT without using too much, then I'll be closer to that goal. It just seems to me that sparging just reduces the gravity - if you can get most of the wort you need from mashing, I just don't see the point in having so much sparge water.

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