During this morning's brew in my Grainfather G30, the controller locked up very early in the mash (at 5 minutes in, according to the countdown timer). While I was upstairs getting all the boil stuff ready, the GF kicked off the heat, but kept the pump running. I came downstairs about 20 minutes later to a constant alarm beep and an unresponsive unit with a time stuck at 55 minutes. I recycled power and it resumed normal operation. AACCKKKK!!!! This is 3 brews in a row for me with some kind of catastrophe.
The recipe I am making (Rogue Dead Man clone) wants to finish a bit on the sweet side (1.018). It balances that with a pretty hefty (for me) amount of bitterness. It's a good beer to buy. It mashes at 150F. However, during that 20 minute window the mash--per the temp sensor at the bottom of the unit--hovered around 142-144F. After resetting it, the temp recovered very quickly, but I don't trust those temps as they aren't the ones hitting the grain. Am I now going to have swung way-too dry in that short amount of time? Is there anything I can to to correct this? Let me know what you think. I'll report back in a few days.
The recipe I am making (Rogue Dead Man clone) wants to finish a bit on the sweet side (1.018). It balances that with a pretty hefty (for me) amount of bitterness. It's a good beer to buy. It mashes at 150F. However, during that 20 minute window the mash--per the temp sensor at the bottom of the unit--hovered around 142-144F. After resetting it, the temp recovered very quickly, but I don't trust those temps as they aren't the ones hitting the grain. Am I now going to have swung way-too dry in that short amount of time? Is there anything I can to to correct this? Let me know what you think. I'll report back in a few days.