First All Grain brew tomorrow !!

[Bobb25]

After of year of extract brews, tomorrow is my first all grain day. I have everything lined up in my brewery,...errr. garage, and a yeast starter whirling away on the kitchen cupboard. I have seven gallons of water in my electric HLT, ready to plug in the morning, but while I was rehearsing steps in my mind, I thought of a question. Ambient in my brewery is 55 to 60 degrees these days. The HLT will heat the water to 168deg. F., If I prewarm the igloo mash tun with water from my domestic hot water system, 130 deg. will I end up overshooting the mash temps, assuming the 10 lbs of grains are at room temp ? I am trying to learn Brewsmith 2, while I do this, and I couldn't decide if it was figuring that the igloo is also at room temp. For what it's worth I'm going to be doing a California Common.

 

[gotbags-10]

I've never overshot my mash in temps using beersmith even preheating my igloo MT. If anything overshoot your strike water by 5 degrees and pour in your MT. Let that preheat for you.

 

[passedpawn]

After of year of extract brews, tomorrow is my first all grain day. I have everything lined up in my brewery,...errr. garage, and a yeast starter whirling away on the kitchen cupboard. I have seven gallons of water in my electric HLT, ready to plug in the morning, but while I was rehearsing steps in my mind, I thought of a question. Ambient in my brewery is 55 to 60 degrees these days. The HLT will heat the water to 168deg. F., If I prewarm the igloo mash tun with water from my domestic hot water system, 130 deg. will I end up overshooting the mash temps, assuming the 10 lbs of grains are at room temp ? I am trying to learn Brewsmith 2, while I do this, and I couldn't decide if it was figuring that the igloo is also at room temp. For what it's worth I'm going to be doing a California Common.

Don't bother prewarming anything. Just make sure you've set up Brewsmith correctly and there's no need.

Next to the Mash dropdown, click the button for mash parameters and set all your temps (grain temp, kettle temps, etc. Presumably, these are all the same, but maybe not). Then check the Adjust Temp Equip checkbox. That will adjust your strike water temperatures for the temperature of your equipment and grain.

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Good luck with your brew day.

 

[how1]

Your life will never be the the same. Extract days were so simple and less complicated. You will be a bona fide beer brewing addict now.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Now the fun really begins!
Wednesday will my third AG of the season, and then another planned the next weekend.
I plan on brewing 15 batches this summer.
Whahooo