mrmekon
Well-Known Member
I just mashed in my first all-grain batch, trying out BIAB. I have two questions so far:
1) I'm using the Franziskaner clone recipe from the Beer Captured book. It called for 7 lbs of german wheat. I picked up unmalted wheat by mistake, but read that it doesn't need a cereal mash or anything, so I'm going with it. What will that do?
2) The BIAB guides mostly say to mash in to the *total* water for the whole brew session. In my case, taking into account my high boil evaporation rate (~1.5gal/hr) and 0.1gal/lb grain absorption, that comes to 10 lbs of grain in 8 gallons, or a grist ratio of 3.2. That's much higher than usually recommended, and thin mashes convert slower... will I be done in 1.5 hrs, or should I push it to 2? (nm, just read about testing with iodophor... I'll try that). Anyway, in the future should I mash in with a more normal ratio and then top off?
1) I'm using the Franziskaner clone recipe from the Beer Captured book. It called for 7 lbs of german wheat. I picked up unmalted wheat by mistake, but read that it doesn't need a cereal mash or anything, so I'm going with it. What will that do?
2) The BIAB guides mostly say to mash in to the *total* water for the whole brew session. In my case, taking into account my high boil evaporation rate (~1.5gal/hr) and 0.1gal/lb grain absorption, that comes to 10 lbs of grain in 8 gallons, or a grist ratio of 3.2. That's much higher than usually recommended, and thin mashes convert slower... will I be done in 1.5 hrs, or should I push it to 2? (nm, just read about testing with iodophor... I'll try that). Anyway, in the future should I mash in with a more normal ratio and then top off?