LymeKiln
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This weekend I made a recipe: Thomas Jefferson's Plug Nickel from AHA website.
Grist:
9 lbs Rahr 2 row Pale malt
2 lbs Flaked Maize (substitute for Grits)
1 lb Belgian Biscuit
I brought my strike water up to 185°F and poured into my 5 gal Igloo MLT after preheating to about 160°F.
I then stirred in my grains and watched my temp plummet to 163°F. Stirred for about 15 minutes to make sure the maize wasn't clumping (I didn't blend it with the rest of my grist up until this point) Then I capped the MLT and let it rest for an hour stirring every 10 minutes. When I capped the internal temp was 158°F.
This is a bit on the high side for mashing. Up until this point I had great success at 154°F.
My gravity at pitching was 1.069, I have no idea what to expect beyond what the Brewer's Friend app is telling me and that's saying around 1.058. I used the BrewR app too and that calculated 1.065.
My major issue isn't so much the gravity, but because the temp was 5°F over typical range did I just dump a bunch of unfermentable sugar into my beer?
Grist:
9 lbs Rahr 2 row Pale malt
2 lbs Flaked Maize (substitute for Grits)
1 lb Belgian Biscuit
I brought my strike water up to 185°F and poured into my 5 gal Igloo MLT after preheating to about 160°F.
I then stirred in my grains and watched my temp plummet to 163°F. Stirred for about 15 minutes to make sure the maize wasn't clumping (I didn't blend it with the rest of my grist up until this point) Then I capped the MLT and let it rest for an hour stirring every 10 minutes. When I capped the internal temp was 158°F.
This is a bit on the high side for mashing. Up until this point I had great success at 154°F.
My gravity at pitching was 1.069, I have no idea what to expect beyond what the Brewer's Friend app is telling me and that's saying around 1.058. I used the BrewR app too and that calculated 1.065.
My major issue isn't so much the gravity, but because the temp was 5°F over typical range did I just dump a bunch of unfermentable sugar into my beer?