treesmcgee
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I've been noticing lately the efficiency of my saccharification rest has been going down, with noticeable drops in starting gravity, even after boil. I had been checking the temp of the mash, and checked it, for instance right at the end of my 60 minute mash, (11 lbs 2-row, and a couple lbs of specialty grains), and saw the temp of the mash at around 148-149, 6 or so degrees below my target mash temp. I suppose I don't know when exactly, or how fast the temperature dropped below target mash (I single infuse, with a Gott cooler, and batch sparge, infusion temp: 170.5 for a 68 degree grain bed, adjusted for equipment temp, no pre-heating) temperature, but I am supposing this is the culprit in the drop in my efficiency (For instance, with that same recipe, I was getting 1.058-1.060 starting gravities, now I'm getting 1.051ish). If this is indeed the issue, is my solution (for the time being, as it is so cold around these parts) an increase in strike water temp equivalent to the missed temperature? Or?
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