failed mash. 12# grain and OG is only 1.034 WTF?

[BrewnWKopperKat]

FWIW, an overnight cold steep of some whole Chocolate 350L.

 

[odie]

This thread did get me wondering, though. What if you WANTED to put some portion of unmilled grain in your mash? For example, I already have all the grains for my next brew milled and ready to go, but the place I bought the grains from also sent me 100 grams of a really aromatic malt as a sample of a new product they're getting in, and it just so happens that those grains would go really well in the recipe. Adding it would make it 2.9% of the grain bill, but I already have all the fermentables I need. I could just put it in my blender and get it "milled" that way (I do BIAB, so that wouldn't be a worry), but I could get my current estimated OG and FG by adding it without milling it, right? I have to assume it would add flavor and color since there are plenty of grains that you can steep without milling. Hm...

well...I mashed uncrushed grain for 10 hours are got basically next to nothing out of it...

So adding a small amount of uncrushed grain is not going to do squat...

 

[worlddivides]

well...I mashed uncrushed grain for 10 hours are got basically next to nothing out of it...

So adding a small amount of uncrushed grain is not going to do squat...

Hey, if you'd asked me what gravity you'd get for mashing 12 pounds of uncrushed grain before this thread, I would have guessed something close to 1.000, so 1.034 is way higher than I expected. I mean, the beer I'm cold conditioning right now had an OG of 1.038 and that was (mostly) intentional (sure, it was crushed grain and it wasn't 12 pounds of it, nor was it mashed for 10 hours).

 

[odie]

Hey, if you'd asked me what gravity you'd get for mashing 12 pounds of uncrushed grain before this thread, I would have guessed something close to 1.000, so 1.034 is way higher than I expected. I mean, the beer I'm cold conditioning right now had an OG of 1.038 and that was (mostly) intentional (sure, it was crushed grain and it wasn't 12 pounds of it, nor was it mashed for 10 hours).

true but I mashed with a LARGE amount of uncrushed grain.

if you are just tossing in a pound or 2 of uncrushed grain...you ain't gonna get much of anything measurable...minimally so...