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Well, on my most recent brew day I was having trouble getting my Mash temp right. No, I didn't measure the grain temp and calculate the strike temp...(that was my lesson from this episode 'don't try to guesstimate this')
Anyway, I made the executive decision to put the hob (Halogen, I think) on the lowest setting and left it for about 15 mins. I was expecting a slow creep-up in temp, but to my horror when I returned both Mash vessels (a pasta pot and big saucepan...) were reading over 80c.
I took immediate action dropping in ice cubes and removing insulation etc... and the temp came down pretty quick.
I know that high temp mash is supposed to result in astringency, but thankfully my gravity samples didn't have any detectable mouth-puckering element. I drink my samples with whisky that night or the next day and in fact the colour was amazing and it was very clear too.
Have I escaped? Or, does the astringency take a while to develop/ come to the fore?
The link to the recipe is below. It is an Irish Red Ale...well that was the idea anyway...
<iframe width="100%" height="500px" src="https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/588318" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Anyway, I made the executive decision to put the hob (Halogen, I think) on the lowest setting and left it for about 15 mins. I was expecting a slow creep-up in temp, but to my horror when I returned both Mash vessels (a pasta pot and big saucepan...) were reading over 80c.
I took immediate action dropping in ice cubes and removing insulation etc... and the temp came down pretty quick.
I know that high temp mash is supposed to result in astringency, but thankfully my gravity samples didn't have any detectable mouth-puckering element. I drink my samples with whisky that night or the next day and in fact the colour was amazing and it was very clear too.
Have I escaped? Or, does the astringency take a while to develop/ come to the fore?
The link to the recipe is below. It is an Irish Red Ale...well that was the idea anyway...
<iframe width="100%" height="500px" src="https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/588318" frameborder="0"></iframe>