Grainfather mash-/spargewater

[Brouwerij Nuenhem]

Hello,

can I manage the amount of sparge and mashwater in the programm of the Grainfather?

I find my batter too thick in some cases (I don't know if this is good english). What I mean is that I want to use more water during mashing and less when sparging.

Can I enter that somewhere in the program or app?

 

[Mase]

The “Mash Infusion...” calculator on this site has a “Mash Water/Grain Ratio:” area where you can customize your ratio. The default is 1.25 qts/lb. of grain, which in my experience, is a little too “thick”, as such I always change that to 1.50 qts/lb of grain, but you can change it to whatever thickness you like.

link:https://www.brewersfriend.com/mash/

 

[Mie]

Another user on the forum made this formula for calculating a good mash thickness for granfather:

Thickness = 2.7 + (3.5/grains weight in kg)
Then I use this in brewers friend mash water calculator:
2.7 + ( 3.5/ 4.2 ) = 3.53333 thickness

Feel free to modify this formula to suit your needs better

Link to the original post: https://www.brewersfriend.com/forum/threads/grainfather-configuration.2628/#post-16480

 

[Hawkbox]

Nice find.

 

[Brouwerij Nuenhem]

I found how to enter the mash thickness but I made a mistake in entering other data. Can someone tell me the default settings?

 

[Mie]

I found how to enter the mash thickness but I made a mistake in entering other data. Can someone tell me the default settings?

Default equipment profile?
Or just default mash thickness?

 

[Brouwerij Nuenhem]

Default equipment profile

like mash volume, sparge vessel volume, ...

 

[Mie]

This is what I use for the grainfather, keep in mind tho, I haven't refined this very far yet, not a lot of brews with this equipment profile.

 

[Mie]

And if you need to reset you can click here:

 

[Hawkbox]

I just realized that if I continue down the path I'm starting right now I'm headed for a very farmer style Grainfather and now I'm curious to see if I can make it happen.

 

[Mie]

I just realized that if I continue down the path I'm starting right now I'm headed for a very farmer style Grainfather and now I'm curious to see if I can make it happen.

You building a brewing system?

 

[Hawkbox]

Unintentionally but I just realized that's the outcome, I'm adding a pump and 2 1500W electric elements to one of my 16G kettles that has historically been a 3 vessel gravity system run off propane.

 

[Brouwerij Nuenhem]

And if you need to reset you can click here:
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Hi,

Thank you for your information. I understand you passed on the values from Brewers Friend but I wanted to have the values that I have to enter in the Grainfather brewing program.