Brew in a bag - mash temp all over the place

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Brew in a bag - mash temp all over the place

mstrom

2017年2月13日 05:07

I have a 10 gallon boil kettle and was doing a BIAB with a required mash temp of 154 F and 13 lbs of grain. About 10 minutes into the mash, most of the kettle was reading 145-150 F, but one spot was 125 F and another spot was 170 F.

I gave it a good stir and moderared the heat continually. That helped even it out nicely. But, it made me wonder. When you measure the temp, are you interested in the temp smack dab in the middle of the kettle, off to the sides, the wort itself without any grain?

Also, the OG was right where it needed to be.

Thanks!

Topic biab mashing mash homebrew

Category Mac

Roman · Accepted Answer · 2017年2月13日 05:07

I guess in the end having small variations between different parts of mash tun/kettle at mashing doesn't really matter. I'd bet $20 that taste difference between 1) single infusion just left alone, and 2) single infusion constantly stirred -- would not be statistically confirmed at blind tasting.

Having said all that, I use a small pump throughout the whole mashing process to recirculate wort in my BIAB(asket) setup, so that all dust/crumbles would be filtered by the grain bed. That also makes temperature moreless even, even though that wasn't the primary reason. I keep a temp probe right in the middle of the grain bed.

Razmooo · Accepted Answer · 2017年2月12日 15:35

I do normal all grain procedure and the situation is the same.

The biggest heat flux will be on outer diemeter of the mash tun. The better the insulation, the smaller the heat flux will be. Usually i have one ds18b20 sensor in the middle and second one on the side of the mash tun. Then i compare readings from both sensors and if the deviation is more then a few degrees i give it a stir.