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rodwha
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You may have just figured out my problem as I was struggling with my mash temp from the beginning.
I started at 165*, but it dropped into the high 140's, and was hard for me to get the temp back into the mid 150's. I checked every 3-5 mins for about 1/2 an hour, and slowly turned the heat up a 1/4-1/2 of a point (the knob registers 1-9 for temp control), and it was then that, allowing it to sit a moment my temp became 180* on my hazelnut.
My stout didn't seem to have this problem according to my notes as I had done a better job keeping it between 150-160*. My OG was low and FG was high.
Both beers had stalled out, and I assume that, while I was in the hospital and SWMBO was "taking care" of them for me, that the temp got into the 70's and so she put a lot of frozen bottles into the cooler, which may have been too much. I did add sugar and gently stirred, but it didn't seem to do much for the stout.
It's ben quite some time, but the other day I tried another and the taste has improved, though there's not much carbonation at all. I had run out of corn sugar (2.9 oz of the 4.3 I needed) and so used some brown sugar. I didn't use quite enough, but it should be much more than it is.
I started at 165*, but it dropped into the high 140's, and was hard for me to get the temp back into the mid 150's. I checked every 3-5 mins for about 1/2 an hour, and slowly turned the heat up a 1/4-1/2 of a point (the knob registers 1-9 for temp control), and it was then that, allowing it to sit a moment my temp became 180* on my hazelnut.
My stout didn't seem to have this problem according to my notes as I had done a better job keeping it between 150-160*. My OG was low and FG was high.
Both beers had stalled out, and I assume that, while I was in the hospital and SWMBO was "taking care" of them for me, that the temp got into the 70's and so she put a lot of frozen bottles into the cooler, which may have been too much. I did add sugar and gently stirred, but it didn't seem to do much for the stout.
It's ben quite some time, but the other day I tried another and the taste has improved, though there's not much carbonation at all. I had run out of corn sugar (2.9 oz of the 4.3 I needed) and so used some brown sugar. I didn't use quite enough, but it should be much more than it is.
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