Mongo64
Well-Known Member
Well, I guess the short story is that the probe on my thermometer died and I didn't notice until 60 min into the mash. I noticed that the wort looked awful cloudy so I decided to try a starch test for the first time. After a few tests I concluded I won't try to rely on starch tests (hard to interpret the results).
My second thermometer told me that my mash temp was 120 F. I ended taking what would have been my first runnings and heated that up in the brewpot then put that into the mash tun. Twice. I'm finally at 150F and I'm gonna let that sit a while. Mash would have been 60 min. but I looking at 2 hours+ now.
I'm just hoping my brew turns out OK. The recipe I used was BeirMuncher's Centennial Blonde, SWMBO's fav. I'm kinda new to AG, but my thoughts are that a longer mash isn't bad and that this will turn out just fine. Anyone else have any similar problems or wanna comment?
My second thermometer told me that my mash temp was 120 F. I ended taking what would have been my first runnings and heated that up in the brewpot then put that into the mash tun. Twice. I'm finally at 150F and I'm gonna let that sit a while. Mash would have been 60 min. but I looking at 2 hours+ now.
I'm just hoping my brew turns out OK. The recipe I used was BeirMuncher's Centennial Blonde, SWMBO's fav. I'm kinda new to AG, but my thoughts are that a longer mash isn't bad and that this will turn out just fine. Anyone else have any similar problems or wanna comment?