evilgiraffe
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Question here that I hope makes sense....
I'm wondering if an overnight mash where temps eventually drop into the low 140s might cause the final gravity to also be quite low.
I did my first ever overnight mash on a wheat beer (also my first wheat) and today transferred it over to the secondary. Took a gravity reading and was rather surprised to find it at 1.001. This got me thinking that maybe as the mash drops through the temps overnight that more enzymes are converting the starches into highly fermentable sugars instead of the longer chains that lead to a "thicker" beer. I started the mash at 154 hoping to get a little fuller mouthfeel and honestly hadn't considered the effect that the overnight temp drop might have had on the enzymes/starches. Not a big deal, mind you, as I'm sure I'll still enjoy the brew, but I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with this. And if this is, indeed, the case, perhaps doing overnight mashes on beers that should have a "fuller" mouthfeel might not be a good idea.
Any ideas? thoughts? pointers?
I'm wondering if an overnight mash where temps eventually drop into the low 140s might cause the final gravity to also be quite low.
I did my first ever overnight mash on a wheat beer (also my first wheat) and today transferred it over to the secondary. Took a gravity reading and was rather surprised to find it at 1.001. This got me thinking that maybe as the mash drops through the temps overnight that more enzymes are converting the starches into highly fermentable sugars instead of the longer chains that lead to a "thicker" beer. I started the mash at 154 hoping to get a little fuller mouthfeel and honestly hadn't considered the effect that the overnight temp drop might have had on the enzymes/starches. Not a big deal, mind you, as I'm sure I'll still enjoy the brew, but I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with this. And if this is, indeed, the case, perhaps doing overnight mashes on beers that should have a "fuller" mouthfeel might not be a good idea.
Any ideas? thoughts? pointers?