kzlc
Member
Hi there,
I'm a newbie both in this forum and brewing.
I live in Turkey and we don't have any homebrew stores here. So, I have to start with all-grain and even with malting. It's quite discouraging but, anyway, I have to deal with it.
The main problem I face with is the very low efficiency of the mash. The O.G. I get is around 1020 to 1025, If I don't boost it with adjuncts. I am tended to put the part of blame on the quality of barley (which is also a usual concern of large-scale brewers in Turkey) but I still have some hope that I can better results by doing a more efficient mash.
This is my question: To my knowledge, each enzyme has a temperature range. The point of doing decoction mash is to catch the correct range for every enzyme (right?). So, if we're doing BIAB, instead of trying to hold the temperature constant, why don't we start with a relatively lower temperature (as low as 50 C) and increase it up to 71 C in one hour, until the enzymes are deactivated?
My question may sound naive, but I guess that being a beginner is a good excuse.
Thanks
I'm a newbie both in this forum and brewing.
I live in Turkey and we don't have any homebrew stores here. So, I have to start with all-grain and even with malting. It's quite discouraging but, anyway, I have to deal with it.
The main problem I face with is the very low efficiency of the mash. The O.G. I get is around 1020 to 1025, If I don't boost it with adjuncts. I am tended to put the part of blame on the quality of barley (which is also a usual concern of large-scale brewers in Turkey) but I still have some hope that I can better results by doing a more efficient mash.
This is my question: To my knowledge, each enzyme has a temperature range. The point of doing decoction mash is to catch the correct range for every enzyme (right?). So, if we're doing BIAB, instead of trying to hold the temperature constant, why don't we start with a relatively lower temperature (as low as 50 C) and increase it up to 71 C in one hour, until the enzymes are deactivated?
My question may sound naive, but I guess that being a beginner is a good excuse.
Thanks