JustBrewinAround
Well-Known Member
*AG Newb*
Doing my first all grain today and here's what happened.
I pre-heated my mash tun (10 gal Gott w/ strainer tube) with 3 gallon hot tap. I then removed said water and heated to 165 according to my digital thermo. I mixed this water with the grain (12.25#) a little of each at a time, added another gallon of 165 water and then sunk my probe in. The mash read up to 168 after the first 45 or so minutes!. I'm no engineer but most things don't heat up after heat is removed. I scrambled to the kitchen and retrieved my thermopen. The mash was sitting at about 114 at that time. I stuck my digital probe in a glass of ice water and it only went down to 99 degrees. I think that submerging the probe screwed with the readings. Back to the tun, I drew out about six cups of the liquid at a time from the valve and heated it to 170 then back into the top of the tun. I got the mash up to 148 where i wanted to be from the beginning. I'm going to press on with the batch from here but I was just woondering if the soaking at 114 ruind my mash or is it just going to lower my OG? I have just returned from the kitchen store with an analog thermo and my mash was holding at 148..
I am assuming that my strike water was never at 165 since I submerged the probe in it as well..
Doing my first all grain today and here's what happened.
I pre-heated my mash tun (10 gal Gott w/ strainer tube) with 3 gallon hot tap. I then removed said water and heated to 165 according to my digital thermo. I mixed this water with the grain (12.25#) a little of each at a time, added another gallon of 165 water and then sunk my probe in. The mash read up to 168 after the first 45 or so minutes!. I'm no engineer but most things don't heat up after heat is removed. I scrambled to the kitchen and retrieved my thermopen. The mash was sitting at about 114 at that time. I stuck my digital probe in a glass of ice water and it only went down to 99 degrees. I think that submerging the probe screwed with the readings. Back to the tun, I drew out about six cups of the liquid at a time from the valve and heated it to 170 then back into the top of the tun. I got the mash up to 148 where i wanted to be from the beginning. I'm going to press on with the batch from here but I was just woondering if the soaking at 114 ruind my mash or is it just going to lower my OG? I have just returned from the kitchen store with an analog thermo and my mash was holding at 148..
I am assuming that my strike water was never at 165 since I submerged the probe in it as well..