cmbrougham
Grandmaster Brewer
For the beer I'm going to brew this weekend, the clonish recipe I found suggests doing a mash out. I'm considering doing this, as it's going to be my first attempt at a multi-step mash, anyhow. However, the author of the recipe was able to directly apply heat to his mash tun, whereas mine is plastic cooler. My only option to raise the mash temp is boiling water infusions. The problem is that I would need to dilute the mash to almost a 2:1 ratio in order to bring the mash temp up to the prescribed 176dF.
So... what are my options? I'm sure I'd have room in my MLT for the extra mash out water, but that seems like a really thin mash. If I were simply to sparge with ~185dF water (the high temp is to account for temp loss on the way from the HLT to the MLT), am I roughly achieving the same result as a mash out?
So... what are my options? I'm sure I'd have room in my MLT for the extra mash out water, but that seems like a really thin mash. If I were simply to sparge with ~185dF water (the high temp is to account for temp loss on the way from the HLT to the MLT), am I roughly achieving the same result as a mash out?