Let's see if this comes over
I took my second partial mash really seriously. The first go around I had some heat loss at the end and ending up swinging too far the other way. The beer turned out fine by I still wanted a better way to control the mash. Then I discovered the Oven Method online.
Put all my grain in my big bag
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Use daughter (aka BabyRaptor) to collect 7 qts of water
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Heat said water to 165
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While heating water set oven to 170
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Put the grain and water into my kettle along with salts and chemicals, stir and check temperature then put the kettle in the oven for an hour
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Do other stuff
The temperature held at 154 for 60 minutes
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During which I heated my sprage water to 170
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I used a metal steamer to hold the grain while I lauder
One litter at a time
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