The infusion tool can determine the appropriate strike or infusion water temperature to use when mashing your grains for all grain or partial mash brewing. An infusion is nothing more than hot water mixed with grains during the mash to achieve a given temperature for the mixture.
Online Articles: Infusion Mashing, Mash Steps for All Grain, Partial Mashing
Using the Infusion Tool
| o | Select the Infusion Tool from the Tools menu or ribbon. |
| o | Select Initial Strike if this is the first step (called a strike) in your mash, or Infusion Step if this is a later mash step |
| o | Enter your target step temperature, and how much water you are adding for this step |
| o | Enter the starting conditions for your mash including the starting water volume (if this is not your first step), initial mash temperature (or room temperature if this is your first step) and the total weight of the grain you are mashing. |
| o | If you want to also adjust for equipment - include a non-zero mash tun weight and mash tun specific heat. Note that the mash tun specific heat is generally between 0.2 and 0.5, with all metal mash tuns being on the low end and plastic insulated mash tuns being on the high end of that range. |
| o | The tool will show you the temperature of water to add, as well as the mash tun volume needed and water to grain ratio for the mash. |
