ph0ngwh0ng
Well-Known Member
Hi!
Long time no brewin!
On all of my latest batches, I have faced overattenuation. While I don't mind the extra ABV, the taste has been taking a hit, IMHO.
I have narrowed it down to not stopping conversion before draining my mash tun(cooler) before my first sparge addition (which raises the grain bed's temp at a comfortable 170F). Vorlauf and drain takes approx. 10-15 min., depending on the volume of strike water. I am facing a two options here I think:
1) Include vorlauf/drain in the mash-in time.
2) Do a mash-out.
Help! Please.
Alex B
Long time no brewin!
On all of my latest batches, I have faced overattenuation. While I don't mind the extra ABV, the taste has been taking a hit, IMHO.
I have narrowed it down to not stopping conversion before draining my mash tun(cooler) before my first sparge addition (which raises the grain bed's temp at a comfortable 170F). Vorlauf and drain takes approx. 10-15 min., depending on the volume of strike water. I am facing a two options here I think:
1) Include vorlauf/drain in the mash-in time.
Is the iodine test any good to insure I have conversion before doing it? Palmer says yes, I've read otherwise (I think?).
2) Do a mash-out.
I'd like not to, but if I must, do I need to include the mash-out water volume in the mash-in volume? It seems to me that if I do, I'll have a really low water/grain ratio during mash-in, which I don't know if it's bad. If I don't, then I'll be adding 8 quarts and am afraid I'll destroy my efficiency by thinning the wort too much. Of course I'd have to adjust the sparge water volume...
Help! Please.
Alex B