Last week I was busy with a few brewing related activities so the lull in posting will be replenished with pictures and commentary on what took place. Up first is how to mash 5 batches at once in your kitchen.
The batches were for a wort tasting held by my brew club (Local 402 Union). The event was a great success and there will be more to come about the event. This however is to show how you can mash 5 lbs of malt, 1 pound at a time in your kitchen on a Tuesday night (and stay up too late).
To mash the grains I took over the stainless mixing bowls in the house and set the oven to 170F. I then proceeded to mash in at 1.5 quartz per gallon targeting a 154F mash temperature. As one picture reveals I came incredible close to hitting that. I then let the mashes sit in the oven for 1 hour and slowly rising towards 170.
The results were excellent. Do note that I did sparge and eventually collect about 0.75 gallons of wort for each of the 5 batches. As you will see I mashed roasted malt, victory,
Kkolsch, brown, and light Munich. As expected the extraction was low for the roasted barley (in sugar, not in color).
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