Northcalais40
Well-Known Member
I had a 18lb grain bill with 4.25 lb of rye:
13.75# 2 row pale
1# cara rye
3# Rye malt
1/4# chocolate rye
1 ton of rice hulls
I could tell stirring the mash (1.1 qts/lb) that this was more gelatinous than normal. I have a cooler+braid MLT. It stuck bad. I eventually did two batch sparges, but didn't get the tun anywhere near empty in between. I scooped and strained the spent grain but only got 4+ gallons with a poor efficiency.
The beer store salesman told me to do a protien rest, but I didn't listen.
Any thoughts on where I went wrong? I guess too thick a mash, try the protien rest next time, use less rye.
I ended up @ 1.068
13.75# 2 row pale
1# cara rye
3# Rye malt
1/4# chocolate rye
1 ton of rice hulls
I could tell stirring the mash (1.1 qts/lb) that this was more gelatinous than normal. I have a cooler+braid MLT. It stuck bad. I eventually did two batch sparges, but didn't get the tun anywhere near empty in between. I scooped and strained the spent grain but only got 4+ gallons with a poor efficiency.
The beer store salesman told me to do a protien rest, but I didn't listen.
Any thoughts on where I went wrong? I guess too thick a mash, try the protien rest next time, use less rye.
I ended up @ 1.068