First post here, so far lots of great info so here goes my question:
I have decided to take what I feel is the best of both worlds (BIAB and using a cooler for a mash tun) and doing just that. My last 3 Gal batch I lined my 5 Gal cooler with a nylon bag, added grains and 3 Gal of water, stirred it up really well, hit my temp and put the lid on for 60 mins. Nearing the end of mash time I heated the remaining 2.somthing gal of batch water in my BK in preparation of batch sparging. But this time I decided to try something a bit different for my usual batch. I lifted the bag and let it drain, then transferred the bag over to my BK and rinsed the grains right in the BK (flame off) for 3-4 minutes. After lifting and draining, I added the full cooler contents to the BK and proceeded as normal. The things I liked about this process was the ease of clean up for the grains, the zero loss from the mash tun, the ease of batch sparging.
So now to my question. Based on the recipe in Beersmith I put together the SG should have been 1.048-9 but I measured 1.060.(I did add a bit more grains than I originally thought but not an amount that would yield this much difference I think) Looking at my steps I think there was much better efficiency but my Mash profile is probably wrong because I don't know what one to use for this kind of mashing. Can someone please suggest something other than a standard BIAB, Medium Body that I selected. I feel that I need to create some kind of hybrid mash profile but I've VERY new to Beersmith and all grain brewing so I'll take all the advice I can get.
Thanks in advance.
I have decided to take what I feel is the best of both worlds (BIAB and using a cooler for a mash tun) and doing just that. My last 3 Gal batch I lined my 5 Gal cooler with a nylon bag, added grains and 3 Gal of water, stirred it up really well, hit my temp and put the lid on for 60 mins. Nearing the end of mash time I heated the remaining 2.somthing gal of batch water in my BK in preparation of batch sparging. But this time I decided to try something a bit different for my usual batch. I lifted the bag and let it drain, then transferred the bag over to my BK and rinsed the grains right in the BK (flame off) for 3-4 minutes. After lifting and draining, I added the full cooler contents to the BK and proceeded as normal. The things I liked about this process was the ease of clean up for the grains, the zero loss from the mash tun, the ease of batch sparging.
So now to my question. Based on the recipe in Beersmith I put together the SG should have been 1.048-9 but I measured 1.060.(I did add a bit more grains than I originally thought but not an amount that would yield this much difference I think) Looking at my steps I think there was much better efficiency but my Mash profile is probably wrong because I don't know what one to use for this kind of mashing. Can someone please suggest something other than a standard BIAB, Medium Body that I selected. I feel that I need to create some kind of hybrid mash profile but I've VERY new to Beersmith and all grain brewing so I'll take all the advice I can get.
Thanks in advance.