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Mash complete and pre-boil gravity readings in a BIAB context
You are technically taking the pre boil gravity. Your mash complete reading would be before you lift the bagYeah, so in my typical BIAB day, I mash -> Lift Grains and let drain for a bit -> set PID to 185 ish to start heating the wort for boil ->Squeeze the grain bag (mainly to make it easier for clean up, but also to get the last bit of wort out -> Take Gravity reading - ramp to boil.
in this workflow becasue I do not check the gravity before I squeeze the bag Mash Complete and Pre-boil would be the same reading, correct?
Thanks
Tim
This.mash complete = no sparge, no bag squeeze and straight from the mash vessel
pre boil = sparged, squeezed, mashed out, straight from the kettle
more readings let you make more adjustments at different spots in the brew day.
Yeah, whether you're sparging or adding topoff water, if there's any water being added between the mash complete and preboil that will be a significant difference.Also if you add water for boil off, then your SG will go down some, that is still pre-boil.
I think the key is doing it the same each time, no matter how you do it. Random data is hard to make sense of
That’s what I do.Cool, thanks everyone....I just enter the same number for both...