Finally carved out a day to attempt a new recipe using Glutarded Chris' mashing method. I think the day went OK, but I had the usual last minute snafus. The good news is whether its good luck or dumb luck I managed to hit good gravities. Here's a snippet from my brew log, below.
I was a little worried when I got a bit less wort from first runnings than I expected and that second runnings were so low, but once they were combined and the boil off happened, I had 5 gals of 1.052 wort. It's just dumb luck people
Brew Log:
"Milled the grains together (millet malts and buckwheat groats) making 2-3 passes in the grain mill.
Heated 5 gals to 185F and racked from HLT to 10 gal igloo. Achieved a 165F actual strike temp (lower than desired 168F target) and did a 25 minute millet gelatination step (increased from 15 mins due to low actual strike temp). Aimed for a 1-1.25 quart per pound water to grist ratio.
Allowed to mash to chill to Termamyl target temps 152 °F (check enzyme instructions for ideal mash temp for your enzyme)
Mashed for 120 min at 155F (I went for a long walk with wife and dogs so it may have been 2.5 hours mash).
Drew first runnings from BIAB in temporary kettle, got about 2.8 gals of wort at 1.069 SG (temp corrected).
Rinsed the grain in about 3.88 gal sparge water at 168 °F. Hung and drained the grain bag to get about 3.25 gals at 1.028 SG (temp corrected).
Combined the first and second runnings to make 6 gals wort at 1.045 SG
Moved to kettle and started 60-minute boil and hop additions as needed.
At flame out added last hop addition, removed bag from spider and left in kettle overnight to chill (no-chill method).
Awoke this morning to 53 F wort and racked to primary. Got 5 gals of wort with SG of 1.052 (13 brix). Raised temps to pitching temps and pitched yeast."
Grains:
7.13 lb Pale Millet Malt Any Mash 27 1 °L
3.25 lb Light Roasted Millet Malt Any Mash 27 8 °L
2.1 lb Vienna Millet Malt Any Mash 27 1 °L
1.2 lb Crystal Millet Malt Any Mash 27 1 °L
1.0 lb Buckwheat Groats (Bob's Red Mill) 2.0 hr Mash
Hops:
0.75 oz Columbus (US) 60 min Boil Pellet 15.0%
0.5 oz Cascade (US) 15 min Boil Pellet 7.0%
0.75 oz Cascade (US) 0 min Boil Pellet 7.0%
2.0 oz Clanderson Backyard Mystery Blend (Centennial, Willamette and Tettnang) 7 days Dry Hop Pellet 7.0%
I was a little worried when I got a bit less wort from first runnings than I expected and that second runnings were so low, but once they were combined and the boil off happened, I had 5 gals of 1.052 wort. It's just dumb luck people
Brew Log:
"Milled the grains together (millet malts and buckwheat groats) making 2-3 passes in the grain mill.
Heated 5 gals to 185F and racked from HLT to 10 gal igloo. Achieved a 165F actual strike temp (lower than desired 168F target) and did a 25 minute millet gelatination step (increased from 15 mins due to low actual strike temp). Aimed for a 1-1.25 quart per pound water to grist ratio.
Allowed to mash to chill to Termamyl target temps 152 °F (check enzyme instructions for ideal mash temp for your enzyme)
Mashed for 120 min at 155F (I went for a long walk with wife and dogs so it may have been 2.5 hours mash).
Drew first runnings from BIAB in temporary kettle, got about 2.8 gals of wort at 1.069 SG (temp corrected).
Rinsed the grain in about 3.88 gal sparge water at 168 °F. Hung and drained the grain bag to get about 3.25 gals at 1.028 SG (temp corrected).
Combined the first and second runnings to make 6 gals wort at 1.045 SG
Moved to kettle and started 60-minute boil and hop additions as needed.
At flame out added last hop addition, removed bag from spider and left in kettle overnight to chill (no-chill method).
Awoke this morning to 53 F wort and racked to primary. Got 5 gals of wort with SG of 1.052 (13 brix). Raised temps to pitching temps and pitched yeast."
Grains:
7.13 lb Pale Millet Malt Any Mash 27 1 °L
3.25 lb Light Roasted Millet Malt Any Mash 27 8 °L
2.1 lb Vienna Millet Malt Any Mash 27 1 °L
1.2 lb Crystal Millet Malt Any Mash 27 1 °L
1.0 lb Buckwheat Groats (Bob's Red Mill) 2.0 hr Mash
Hops:
0.75 oz Columbus (US) 60 min Boil Pellet 15.0%
0.5 oz Cascade (US) 15 min Boil Pellet 7.0%
0.75 oz Cascade (US) 0 min Boil Pellet 7.0%
2.0 oz Clanderson Backyard Mystery Blend (Centennial, Willamette and Tettnang) 7 days Dry Hop Pellet 7.0%