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Link Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:51 am Post subject: Magazine Recipe Step Mash for our System |
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I plan to brew the Festbier from the September 2022 issue of BYO. Recipe calls for 30 minute step mash at 140-144F and then a 30 minute step mash at 158-162F.
Since we normally do 90 minute mash with our EB should I adjust the recipe to do 45 minute step mash for for both steps or leave at 30 minutes?
Thanks.
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Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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Link Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: Magazine Recipe Step Mash for our System |
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KB wrote: | Since we normally do 90 minute mash with our EB ... |
That isn't true. You can do any sort of mash you like with the Electric Brewery design documented here including simple 30 min single infusion mashes to complex 4+ hour step mashes. Completely up to you. Take a look at the ~50 recipes I've posted too - many have complex step mashes and varying duration. Some examples:
Pliny the younger: Mash at 145F for 120 mins, then raise to 155F and hold for an additional 30 mins. (These times may seem like overkill, but we need this beer to be as attenuated as possible). Raise to 168F mashout temperature and hold for 10 mins.
Witbier: Mash at 122F for 15 mins, then raise to 155F and hold for an additional 90 mins. Raise to 168F mashout temperature and hold for 10 mins.
Weizen: Start the mash at 113F and hold for 15 mins (this ferulic acid rest which helps promote the creation of 4-vinyl guaiacol which has clove-like phenol flavours the style is known for). This rest works best at a pH of 5.7-5.8 (relative to mash temperature) so if you add mash salts and acid you want to wait and do it after the ferulic acid rest. Ramp up to 154F and hold for 90 mins. Raise to 168F mashout temperature and hold for 10 mins.
Belgian tripel: Start the mash at 131F and hold for 10 mins (high end of the protein rest range). Ramp up to 149F and hold for 90 mins (beta rest). Ramp up to 155F and hold for 30 mins (alpha rest). Raise to 168F mashout temperature and hold for 10 mins.
Super saison: Start the mash at 147F and hold for 90-120 mins (beta rest). Ramp up to 155F and hold for 30 mins (alpha rest). Raise to 168F mashout temperature and hold for 10 mins.
German pilsner: Single infusion mash at 148F for 120 mins. Raise to 168F mashout temperature and hold for 10 mins.
Czech premium pale lager: Start the mash at 120F (low end of the protein rest range) and immediately start raising to 154F (starch conversion / saccharification rest temperature) and hold for 90 mins. Raise to 168F mashout temperature and hold for 10 mins.
See more: https://shop.theelectricbrewery.com/pages/recipes
KB wrote: | I plan to brew the Festbier from the September 2022 issue of BYO. Recipe calls for 30 minute step mash at 140-144F and then a 30 minute step mash at 158-162F. |
You should simply do what the recipe calls for. That said, 30 mins at 140-144 is really short. I tend to go for a good 90-120 mins at temps that low to ensure conversion. Completely up to you of course and what you want to get out of the beer.
Kal
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Link Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 12:02 am Post subject: |
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Well... I realize I should have wrote that I haven't brewed all the EB recipes. Seems the ones I have brewed called for a single infusion and 90 mash.
How long for the 140-144F step?
How long for the 158 - 160F step?
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Link Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 12:58 am Post subject: |
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Brewed the Festbier on Saturday, September 3, 2022. Everything went according to plan. I hit all expected numbers.
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