sweet potato mash experiment

[jorjon000]

aomagman78, I used a similar method. I shredded 8lbs in a food processor, held at 152F for 1 hr with 2 gal, drained the 2 gal, then added one more, boiled for 30 min and then "mashed the potatoes" added everything back in and held at 152F another 1hr this time with some alpha and beta amalyse. my OG for the gallon I had left after boil (after the massive fallout) was 1.030. when I use numbers like yours, assume 25% starch, that puts me around 37%. also, there was WAY too much potatoes left. i'm not sure where I went wrong. let me know how yours works.

I did something similar for an all sweet potato beer (added 8oz of 6 row for enzyme activity just in case). I peeled, grated sweet potato. Held at 140F in 'mash' step, removed sweet potatoes from water, and boiled separately. Put the boiled sweet potatoes in a blender, and returned to mash now at 152F for 90min. I ended up at 1.048 (2.5 gal) with 6 kilos of grated potato. Added Saaz, and S04 which devoured the sugars, leaving me at 1.004. I pulled it off the trub (lots of it) within 10 days, as suggested previously.
Any suggestions on flavorings for secondary? I'm splitting my batch into several 1 gallon secondaries to test some ideas. I want to stay away from pumpkin pie, as I already made one for fall.