Mash experiment

Instant pot set to Sous vide at 152F

Strike water in pot set to 164F

Put 1.6 oz of crushed 2 row pale malt into quart ziploc bags. 

Bag 1: Added 5.12 oz strike water (1.6 qt/lb ratio)

Bag 2: Added 6.8 oz strike water (2.125 qt/lb ratio)

Bag 3: added 10.24 oz strike water (3.2 qt/lb ratio)

At 30m took reading

Bag 1: initial weight 7.02 oz

1.032 gravity

Weight when returning to pot: 6.91 oz

Bag 2: initial weight 8.72 oz

1.02 gravity

Weight before returning 8.68 oz

Bag 3: initial weight 12.09 oz

1.014 gravity

Weight returning to pot 12.04

At 60 minutes,

Bag 1: 6.94 oz, 1.06 gravity, 6.74 oz

Bag 2: 8.74 oz, 1.036 gravity, 8.62 oz

Bag 3: 12.07 oz, 1.024 gravity, 11.95 oz

Sparged around 165-170F in French press

Bag 1: (2) 7.68 oz runnings

Total 17.9 oz weight 1.019@87F gravity, adjusted for temp and boil off: 1.029

Bag 2: (2) 6.8 oz

Total 18.71 oz 1.019@94F, adjusted: 1.032

Bag 3: (1) 10.24 oz running

18.61 oz 1.017@99F, adjusted: 1.031

6.8 oz BIAB ~164F strike, 152F mash Sous vide instant pot

30m 1.041@150F

60m 1.046@152F

Sparge 13.6oz @164F - dump into bag leave for a minute and remove mesh bag

1.009 @142F, adjust:1.034