Hi All,
Hopefully I have posted in the right area on the forum.
I have just started to move away from doing the basic kit recipes into using grain to enhance my brews. I completed my first brew the other day using Carapils Malt (am also aware that you can also steep Carapils) and I found that keeping a constant 65C on the stove using a saucepan rather painful and difficult. My method was to heat the required water to 70C and then turn the heat on low when required.
The next brew that I plan on putting down using grain uses both Pilsener Malt and Wheat Malt. As I want to keep as close to 65C when using these grains I have heard of people heating up the water in the saucepan to 70C, dropping the grain in (I will be using a grain bag) and then sticking the saucepan in an oven that has been heated to mash temperature.
Has anyone used this method before? If so is it better to heat the oven up to mash temp and then turn it off? My oven goes as low as 50C.
My only concern is that the oven temp may not be exact and heat the grain too much.
I will be mashing this grain for 30mins as per the recipe.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Sam.
Hopefully I have posted in the right area on the forum.
I have just started to move away from doing the basic kit recipes into using grain to enhance my brews. I completed my first brew the other day using Carapils Malt (am also aware that you can also steep Carapils) and I found that keeping a constant 65C on the stove using a saucepan rather painful and difficult. My method was to heat the required water to 70C and then turn the heat on low when required.
The next brew that I plan on putting down using grain uses both Pilsener Malt and Wheat Malt. As I want to keep as close to 65C when using these grains I have heard of people heating up the water in the saucepan to 70C, dropping the grain in (I will be using a grain bag) and then sticking the saucepan in an oven that has been heated to mash temperature.
Has anyone used this method before? If so is it better to heat the oven up to mash temp and then turn it off? My oven goes as low as 50C.
My only concern is that the oven temp may not be exact and heat the grain too much.
I will be mashing this grain for 30mins as per the recipe.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Sam.