Hello,
So when reading I see that you want to keep your water/grain ratio while mashing to about 1-2qt's per lb of grain. I was planning on shooting for 1.5 as I typically do about 1.2 but after doing some research I see that people tend to get better efficiency with a little higher water/grain ratio (as long as your not exceeding 2qt/lb).
But I use coolers... and I have to do an infusion mashout. When doing this, this obviously increases the water to grain ratio by quite a bit. If I shoot for the 1.5 ratio for mash like I wish, then with the mashout infusion im at a total of 2.5qt/lb of grain. If I aim for about 1.2qt/lb of grain then after my mashout infusion I would be just over 2.
So my question... Do I need to keep in mind my water/grain ratio after mashout infusion, or does the volume not matter too much during mashout? I just need to figure out what will result in best efficiency.
So when reading I see that you want to keep your water/grain ratio while mashing to about 1-2qt's per lb of grain. I was planning on shooting for 1.5 as I typically do about 1.2 but after doing some research I see that people tend to get better efficiency with a little higher water/grain ratio (as long as your not exceeding 2qt/lb).
But I use coolers... and I have to do an infusion mashout. When doing this, this obviously increases the water to grain ratio by quite a bit. If I shoot for the 1.5 ratio for mash like I wish, then with the mashout infusion im at a total of 2.5qt/lb of grain. If I aim for about 1.2qt/lb of grain then after my mashout infusion I would be just over 2.
So my question... Do I need to keep in mind my water/grain ratio after mashout infusion, or does the volume not matter too much during mashout? I just need to figure out what will result in best efficiency.