I got a refractometer recently and I've started taking readings of my first runnings and the end of the mash. I usually mash/batch sparge in a rectangular cooler with a steel braid.
Yesterday I made a batch with 15 lbs of grain. My first runnings gravity was 1.074. Last runnings gravity was 1.034.
Seems like I'm leaving a lot of sugar in the mash tun, no? I mean that my gravity could be a lot lower than that by the time I'm done sparging.
Do you take gravity readings on the fly?
I have other related questions, so I hope to start a discussion, but if there are other threads about this, please link them.
Yesterday I made a batch with 15 lbs of grain. My first runnings gravity was 1.074. Last runnings gravity was 1.034.
Seems like I'm leaving a lot of sugar in the mash tun, no? I mean that my gravity could be a lot lower than that by the time I'm done sparging.
Do you take gravity readings on the fly?
I have other related questions, so I hope to start a discussion, but if there are other threads about this, please link them.