i have just finished my first all grain brew very nerve racking but the aroma coming from the fermenting bin and foaming head is the best ever far better than the 30 kits i have made i hope it taste as good.query is i have been told that rather than fussing around for an hour and a half watching the mash temp adusting it. is to wrap my boiler in lots off insulation and when it is at the right temp switch it off and leave alone till the time is up is ok
mashing temp
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yeastandlist
mashing temp
i have just finished my first all grain brew very nerve racking but the aroma coming from the fermenting bin and foaming head is the best ever far better than the 30 kits i have made i hope it taste as good.query is i have been told that rather than fussing around for an hour and a half watching the mash temp adusting it. is to wrap my boiler in lots off insulation and when it is at the right temp switch it off and leave alone till the time is up is ok-
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Gurgeh
sounds familiar!
I did the same thing, first time around, trying to maintain the temp with the thermostat on my bruheat boiler. god what a nightmare!
bit weird that the manufacturers give you those instructions - without this forum I probably would have given up by now.
My bruheat boiler now features a second element, ripped out of tossco's cheapest kettle. i use my bruheat boiler to heat my mashing liquor, sparging liquor and then to do the boil.
I mash in a spare fermenting bin, which has a camping mat gaffer taped around it and i put an old sleeping bag over that. Temperature drops by one or two degrees over the period of the mash - insignificant really, especially compared to the wild and unpredictable temp variations that I suspect you may have been getting wound up by!
so forget trying to heat your whole mash in that damn thing - research "strike temperature" instead.
I did the same thing, first time around, trying to maintain the temp with the thermostat on my bruheat boiler. god what a nightmare!
bit weird that the manufacturers give you those instructions - without this forum I probably would have given up by now.
My bruheat boiler now features a second element, ripped out of tossco's cheapest kettle. i use my bruheat boiler to heat my mashing liquor, sparging liquor and then to do the boil.
I mash in a spare fermenting bin, which has a camping mat gaffer taped around it and i put an old sleeping bag over that. Temperature drops by one or two degrees over the period of the mash - insignificant really, especially compared to the wild and unpredictable temp variations that I suspect you may have been getting wound up by!
so forget trying to heat your whole mash in that damn thing - research "strike temperature" instead.
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yeastandlist
many thanks for the info iwill be using radiator insulation and an old sleeping bag over my smart brupac boiler another worry gone. this is taking my life over i started home brew as a relaxing hobby. done the flowers ipa now starting ushers.founders ale. full steam up
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Dirty Davey
I used to spend ages faffing around with mashing temperatures in my mashing bin. Now all I do is make sure that I've got the strike water about right and then sling it, along with the grain into a cool box for a couple of hours and forget about it. Much easier and on average much better efficency too.
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ColinKeb