I did a partial mash today of an American Brown Ale. I came pretty close to hitting my temps for the step mash, or so i thought.
During the boil afterwards, i noticed my new floating thermometer was reading high (220 degree boil). So i put in another thermometer and found out the floating thermometer was reading 7 degrees high. What this means is that my mash temps were off. Protein rest at 125 (which is ok) beta rest at 135, alpha rest at 145, and batch sparge at 158 or so. First two rests were 30 minutes, alpha was 82 ( took that long to get a good iodine result), and 10 minute sparges.
So my question is, what can i expect for results on this beer? How bad might i have screwed it up?
Thanks, Dan.
During the boil afterwards, i noticed my new floating thermometer was reading high (220 degree boil). So i put in another thermometer and found out the floating thermometer was reading 7 degrees high. What this means is that my mash temps were off. Protein rest at 125 (which is ok) beta rest at 135, alpha rest at 145, and batch sparge at 158 or so. First two rests were 30 minutes, alpha was 82 ( took that long to get a good iodine result), and 10 minute sparges.
So my question is, what can i expect for results on this beer? How bad might i have screwed it up?
Thanks, Dan.