I got the thickest,creamiest hot break I've ever seen just a bit ago! Not much volume,but really heavy/creamy. Smells good,especially with the warrior bittering addition.
Kinda odd this time that,instead of gaining one degree,it went from 153F down to 149F over the one hour mash. Did everything the same as always too?...Sparge water temp was a healthy 167F for about 1 3/4 gallons. Gave a hair more wort for boil volume.
By the way,the thermo pen laser thing was ok,but not as good as I'd hoped it would be for checking sparge volume. Def changes around different parts of the kettle. And def DO NOT try it near the surface of the water. I accidentally dunked it just in the surface & got err2. ERROR?! ERROR?! Must anylize EERRRRORRREEEERRROOOORRR........
.........EEEERRRRROOOOORRRR!...
4:24PM*** I got an OG 1.061 at 4:06 & then pitched rehydrated US-05 on my IPA wort. already smelled good. Had a heck of a time straining the loose hop pellet gunk out. I did get a great smelling wort vy pitch time though. So maybe it does work a hair better than hop socks (which I'm starting to hate cleaning). Gotta get a 1G nylon paint strainer bag for a hop spyder.
Anyway,Since pitching on it @ 4:06pm,it pegged the airlock centerpiece against the cap @ 4:21pm! It was really fresh yeast,rehydrated in 400mL of tap water (still 70-80F this time of year usually). I got a temp of 68.4F with my Thermapen. That went up about .5 degree after 30 minutes or so.Huh...it bubbled once,how bout that?!