I'm pretty sure that was my last time ever trying decoction mashing. The first time I tried it, I had to do it 4 times to get it close to the rest temp I wanted even though I used beersmiths numbers. This time was even worse. I didn't stir the decocting grains well enough at first and burned a layer of them onto the bottom of my brew pot. I added everything that wasn't severely burned back to the mash and my temp only went up to 135 instead of 155. I let it sit at 135 for a while (at least half an hour) while i scrubbed my brew pot clean. This was after a protein rest of 35 minutes. So then my problem was the temp was at 135 not 155 and I was not about to attempt another decoction and it would take way to much water to add to my cooler to bring the temp up that high. So I poured all of the mash, grains and water, into my pot and brought the temp up to 155 then poured it back into my cooler.
So how bad is this? What problems will I have with this beer? Anyone have advice incase I ever become brave enough to try this again? Obviously don't stop stirring but anyone know why I can never hit the right temp?
So how bad is this? What problems will I have with this beer? Anyone have advice incase I ever become brave enough to try this again? Obviously don't stop stirring but anyone know why I can never hit the right temp?