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AGBrewer · May 26, 2007

I am mashing dude's pliny the bastid right now, had a lot of trouble getting the strike temp right because of the big grain bill(doing ten gallons). Is there a way to be sure that I had an efficient mash before I boil in $40 worth of hops, I am very worried that I screwed up big time. Don't know if I can check sg after first runnings or if I should sparge first or what. Help... what should i look for?

Yuri_Rage · May 26, 2007

Do an iodine starch test - if a bit of wort drawn from the mash makes a drop of iodine turn black/purple, conversion is not complete.

You can check the gravity of the pre-boil wort - it should be reasonably close to your desired OG (maybe a bit less, since you're going to boil off some volume).

AGBrewer · May 26, 2007

Well I can't do an ioding starch test since I don't have iodine on hand, I will check preboil wort, the recipe calls for .75lbs of dextrose, how much will that raise sg reading on ten gallons?

Orfy · May 26, 2007

Take a sample and chill it whilst you leave the mash on. If you are not down to temp after 10 minutes or so then jsut do a temp adjustment calc.

Good luck, it'll be fine I'm sure.

Yuri_Rage · May 26, 2007

Got iodophor? Works just as well as straight iodine.

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