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Just finished my first all-grain batch the other day with my new manifold/cooler system and batch sparge. Was pretty proud of the way it worked out. My first time using this system and my mash temp was a bit low (146F), had to scramble and boil up a half gallon of water to add and it luckily brought up the temp to 149F.
One thing I was a bit confused about was the temp loss I had during this process. Water was added from the pot at 162 and dropped all the way to 146 after I mixed in the grain. Guess I need to adjust? Seemed like alot of loss though. Another thing is the mash volume I lost. I went for a 90 minute mash because I heard it would be more efficient. I lost almost 2 gallons of water (from 5.5 from the mash and sparge). Is that a normal level lost for mashing (grain absor.)? If so, guess i need to just sparge more. Efficiency turned out around 75%. Not too bad for first time IMO.
Any suggestions on these items would be great (mash time, temp. loss, etc.)
One thing I was a bit confused about was the temp loss I had during this process. Water was added from the pot at 162 and dropped all the way to 146 after I mixed in the grain. Guess I need to adjust? Seemed like alot of loss though. Another thing is the mash volume I lost. I went for a 90 minute mash because I heard it would be more efficient. I lost almost 2 gallons of water (from 5.5 from the mash and sparge). Is that a normal level lost for mashing (grain absor.)? If so, guess i need to just sparge more. Efficiency turned out around 75%. Not too bad for first time IMO.
Any suggestions on these items would be great (mash time, temp. loss, etc.)
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