xumbi
Well-Known Member
So I'm planning on brewing Ed Wort's haus pale ale for my first all grain batch. As I try to understand the math behind everything, I get stuck on the strike temperature.
I plan on batch sparging just as Ed describes in the recipe. However, when I plug what I think are valid values into the promash strike calculator I see this:
I put in 60% for my efficiency, so I'm adding 2 extra pounds of 2-row, hence 12.5lbs of grain. Everything but the strike water temp looks right to me. I have 12.5lbs of grain, and 3.5 gallons of water. After 60 minutes I know I'll be adding more water, but why would I put that water into the "initial strike water" calculator? I'm so confused...
Obviously 214 degrees is way too high, but all of the other values look right to me. What am I missing?
I plan on batch sparging just as Ed describes in the recipe. However, when I plug what I think are valid values into the promash strike calculator I see this:
I put in 60% for my efficiency, so I'm adding 2 extra pounds of 2-row, hence 12.5lbs of grain. Everything but the strike water temp looks right to me. I have 12.5lbs of grain, and 3.5 gallons of water. After 60 minutes I know I'll be adding more water, but why would I put that water into the "initial strike water" calculator? I'm so confused...
Obviously 214 degrees is way too high, but all of the other values look right to me. What am I missing?