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My brew session went quite well yesterday using BF. I use it for every brew day and now that the brew steps are working I really like it. (I keep a moleskine notebook as well)
I recently changed my mash/batch sparge process based on an article @Yooper pointed me to in another thread. It goes like this.
The issue I have had with the two brew days I have used this process for is that the add boiling step only raises my mash temp to 164. I am using the mash calculator to determine how much boiling water to add and on both occasions I have come up low. I then pull some wort out and heat it on the stove to try to raise the temp to 168.
Has anyone else experienced issues with the mash calculator? I get perfect temps with the first step (Strike) but add boiling comes up short. I almost went down a rabbit hole and started looking for thermodynamic equations for specific heat but then common sense overtook me. . .
I recently changed my mash/batch sparge process based on an article @Yooper pointed me to in another thread. It goes like this.
- add strike for mash
- Add boiling to mashout at 168 for ten minutes
- drain to kettle
- add remaining water at 168 to batch sparge.
- drain to kettle
The issue I have had with the two brew days I have used this process for is that the add boiling step only raises my mash temp to 164. I am using the mash calculator to determine how much boiling water to add and on both occasions I have come up low. I then pull some wort out and heat it on the stove to try to raise the temp to 168.
Has anyone else experienced issues with the mash calculator? I get perfect temps with the first step (Strike) but add boiling comes up short. I almost went down a rabbit hole and started looking for thermodynamic equations for specific heat but then common sense overtook me. . .