Dcpcooks
Well-Known Member
Thanks Doug for the thoughts. I cant do the experiment because I dont know how to and have the equipment to measure anything. Being honest, I was hoping a brilliant mind like yourself would give this a go. I hope that somebody takes this on and if not someday I'll probably have the equipment to test.
If you have a hydrometer and brewing software that shows the expected yield from your grain you have everything you need to conduct an experiment.
X lbs of grain will yield roughly x original gravity. For this you could skip mash efficiency and lauter efficiency and just go with OG. Add your grain and bring it to a boil. Measure your OG and see what you get.
You could perform a base line test with a middle of the range single infusion mash and compare your results.
My suspicion is you'll see a little conversion take place as you ramp through to a boil but you'll see a lower OG than you'd see with a single infusion mash. That would be dependent on the amount of time it takes you to get to a boil. The longer it takes for your grain to go through the temp range means your grain will be in the range that enzymes can work before they get denatured.
If you added the grain to boiling liquor you'd see no conversion right? So your basically testing to see what's the minimum amount of time it takes to get to a boil and still have some conversion. It's the opposite of chasing efficiency your chasing time. So if you got 25% efficiency but saved 20 min would that be a benefit to you?