HollisBT
Well-Known Member
So I am partway through a brew day, sparging at the moment, and I am getting a bit frustrated with my mash...
My target mash temp was 150 degrees, which I missed by slightly over 3 degrees, I decided to RDWHAHB and just let it go forward. 90 minutes later and it comes time to lauter and sparge, I decide to check temps again, over the course of an hour and a half apparently I lost about 7-8 degrees in the tun, leaving with a final resting temp of 140 degrees... I am not overly happy with this.
Now, my question is this: How should I set up my brewing software so that in the future I do not have this issue. My strike water temperature was spot on, or so I thought, so I lost about 3 degrees with the dough in. Should I incorporate that 3 degrees into my strike water temp? How worried should I be about the temp loss over the course of the mash? Should I aim to make my mash higher, or are the temps at the beginning of the mash more critical than the temps at the end of the mash?
I am trying to not worry about it too much, but my past two brews did not finish the way I was wanting them to, and I really want this brew to kind of boost my brewing confidence haha.
My target mash temp was 150 degrees, which I missed by slightly over 3 degrees, I decided to RDWHAHB and just let it go forward. 90 minutes later and it comes time to lauter and sparge, I decide to check temps again, over the course of an hour and a half apparently I lost about 7-8 degrees in the tun, leaving with a final resting temp of 140 degrees... I am not overly happy with this.
Now, my question is this: How should I set up my brewing software so that in the future I do not have this issue. My strike water temperature was spot on, or so I thought, so I lost about 3 degrees with the dough in. Should I incorporate that 3 degrees into my strike water temp? How worried should I be about the temp loss over the course of the mash? Should I aim to make my mash higher, or are the temps at the beginning of the mash more critical than the temps at the end of the mash?
I am trying to not worry about it too much, but my past two brews did not finish the way I was wanting them to, and I really want this brew to kind of boost my brewing confidence haha.