An experiment.

Brewing Processes
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Tonight, I tried an experiment.

I have a 1 1/2 gal. crock pot with a porcelain bowl in it.
I placed 2 qt. Of water in it and turned it on HI, to see what max temp I could achieve. Around 135 degrees .
Porcelain has an incredible heat retention to it.
Heated water on the stove to 170 degrees, add 3 lbs of grains, stir get to 158 degrees and hold for an hour.
Got the target temp, placed a thick towel over the lid and turned the heat to low.

I helped my 9 year old daughter with her geometry.
Yes. 9 years old, she’s learning geometry.
I opened the lid, and smell that beautiful malty cereal sweetness. My daughter thinks it smells horrible. I love the smell.
I strain the grains, chill the wort.
1 1/4 gal of water ended up with almost a gallon of wort.

Hope this works.

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Keep us posted.  I keep thinking about 1-gal. batches for experimenting bu tmy 10-gal. setup makes it to hard.

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It worked incredibly well!
I’m going to take better measurements next time.
I mashed like a champ!

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Congrats on your mash.  Are you then proceeding to boil and add hops or are you simply making starter base wort?

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I’m going to add it when we go to put in the fermenter for our Irish Red Ale.
I was concerned about a 16 lbs. grain bag, so I mashed some grains to reduce the weight.
Also, I wanted to see if I could maintain the mash temperature over the course of an hour.