Comments on: Mashing, Thick or Thin?

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BIAB, grain to water ratios, and mash outs. - Home Brew Forums — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:02:55 +0000

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By: Is mash grain/water ratio important?

Is mash grain/water ratio important? — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:36:01 +0000

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By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:33:40 +0000

FWIW, on my last brew I forgot to use my Buffer 5.2 and ran a 2qt/lb mash and achieved 82% eff. I did not see a practical decrease in eff. while thin mashing and NOT using 5.2 Buffer.

By: Ysgard

Ysgard — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:21:04 +0000

Normally a thin Mash has a fair probability of increasing PH, potentially pushing it outside of the ideal 5.2. I noticed on the HBT forums, you were using PH5.2, so I suspect this ameliorated this issue for you, and the result was indeed higher efficiency. Time to get some 5.2!