tranceamerica
Well-Known Member
Thanks to everyone for saving my butt last night. The beer made it into the carboy without further incident. I have 2 questions though, for the next time.
1) mash water - I'd calculated that I'd need 6 qt of water for the mash. Of course, some of this water was beneath the false bottom. Should I have upped the amount of water, so the grain was actually in 6 qt of water (IE: strike water volume = 6 qt + ammt below false bottom?)
2) There's a LOT of trub in the carboy this morning - usually, in a ME batch, I get about 1/2" of trub...today it's 1.5" already. Is this normal for a partial mash beer?
(Yes, I strained the wort as it went into the carboy).
1) mash water - I'd calculated that I'd need 6 qt of water for the mash. Of course, some of this water was beneath the false bottom. Should I have upped the amount of water, so the grain was actually in 6 qt of water (IE: strike water volume = 6 qt + ammt below false bottom?)
2) There's a LOT of trub in the carboy this morning - usually, in a ME batch, I get about 1/2" of trub...today it's 1.5" already. Is this normal for a partial mash beer?
(Yes, I strained the wort as it went into the carboy).