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re: Homebrewing - Plans for the Weekend
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:20 am to BottomlandBrew
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:20 am to BottomlandBrew
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I get right at 70-72% with my batch sparges. Depending on my grain bill, I usually have a 1.25qt:lb ratio for my mash and then have a pretty big sparge volume as I boil for 90 minutes and need the extra water.
I've got beersmith set up to fill 90% of the mash tun? I think it was checked like that to begin with.
So for this last batch I had 29.5 qts of water for the 14lbs of grain and sparged with only 1.7 gals or about 7 quarts.
Could that be an issue considering everyone else suggests 1.25:1 ratio?
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Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:28 am to s14suspense
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Could that be an issue considering everyone else suggests 1.25:1 ratio?
Historically yes, but with modern modified malts your mash thickness has almost no affect of efficiency.
you can check this link out for some really in depth mash experiments.
LINK
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:33 am to LSUGrad00
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you can check this link out for some really in depth mash experiments.
I see it mentions mash PH. I've ordered some 5.2 for next week's brews.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:36 am to s14suspense
I had 30 pounds of grain in this last batch so I used .8 quarts per pound, it all seemed to mix together well and I don't think that was the problem.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:39 am to s14suspense
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I see it mentions mash PH. I've ordered some 5.2 for next week's brews.
I have an unopened tub of this stuff that I'll probably never use.
If anyone wants it, they are welcome to it.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:40 am to s14suspense
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I've ordered some 5.2 for next week's brews.
I tried that stuff a few times and it only got my water down to about 5.8. YMMV.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:50 am to BottomlandBrew
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I tried that stuff a few times and it only got my water down to about 5.8. YMMV.
I'm not sure about NOLA, but the PH of Baton Rouge water is really high (8.8 I think).
I found it was really difficult to drop the PH below 5.5 unless I was using a lot of dark/roasted malts.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 3:24 pm to LSUGrad00
i had a blowoff this weekend........ best thing about it is that the brew smelled awesome.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 5:58 pm to CarRamrod
since you didn't specify which weekend...
I just ordered the Simcoe Pale Ale kit plus some extra simcoe for dry hopping.
I just ordered the Simcoe Pale Ale kit plus some extra simcoe for dry hopping.
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