Not sure I hit my temp...

[timm747]

I brought my mash up to 153 degrees and after 20 mins I checked it and it was down to about 150-148. It has sat for an hour. Should I bring it back up to temperature and make sure it sits at 152 for an hour?

Thanks!

Tim

 

[GodsStepBrother]

Yes you want a constant temperature in your mash tun. Try throwing an old blanket over it to hold the heat better, if it drops to much (i.e. more than a degree or two) boil some water and slowly add it in while stirring until you reach your desired mash temp.
It will be fine though, maybe a little drier depending on how it took the temperature to drop.

 

[Gremlyn]

It's possible you didn't stir your mash well enough to start with and the 148-150 was the normalised temp.

 

[bigbeergeek]

It's possible you didn't stir your mash well enough to start with and the 148-150 was the normalised temp.

^ Quite likely.

At any rate, you can't raise the mash temperature and change the fermentability profile now. If alpha amylases have broken down the starches in the mash into highly fermentable sugars, raising the temperature of the mash now won't put the molecules back together.

 

[beerrepository]

For those of us who have had this happen, after the damage is done, is your only option to just press on and file that mistake away for the next one or is there some sort of corrective action you should be taking?

I have always just pressed on.

 

[timm747]

what beerrepository said...and will I still end up with beer?

 

[timm747]

oh and my OG expected was 1.076. My brew was at 1.070....Not sure if that's a lot off or not...

 

[Jklinden]

Of course you'll end up with beer! It may not be the beer you had in mind but you'll have to try harder than that to make it undrinkable and btw .006 off is nothing to worry about at all

 

[timm747]

Cool. thank you!

 

[timm747]

I think part of the reason I missed my OG is because I doughed in with an extra gallon of water by mistake.... I did 1.4x32.5 lbs, not 1.25x32.5lbs.

Oh well, it'll still be beer when its done. It's bubbling like crazy.

T