10 replies to this topic

[bigdaddyale]

with out a thermometer ?

[bigdaddyale]

i know small bubbles break at 150

[bigdaddyale]

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[MtnBrewer]

I doubt it. I have a thermometer sticking out of every piece of gear I own.

[Mya]

the decoction method dates to before the availability of thermometers

[tag]

+1adding boiling temperature and body temperature (98F) about half and half will get you to a good mash temperature.

[MtnBrewer]

https://ruminations....ing-water-and-h

I wonder how that changes with elevation. For me, water boils at 201°F. So the "Ropes of Pearl" (which is kinda funny now that I think about it) stage would have to be about 190° instead of 200-205°.

[HVB]

Sure .. just do not take my thermocouples away!!

[denny]

Years ago, some guys in our club did a "Caveman Brew" and wrote it up for Zymurgy. No thermometers, no scales. I thought it was a bad idea, so I stood around with a scale and a thermometer to check on things. They weren't close on anything and the resulting beer sucked.

[Murphy]

sure you could do it but results would be all over the place and most likely not reproducible

[Genesee Ted]

I have brewed good beer without thermometers or scales. It was an experiment. The beer was definitely not reproduceable but it tasted good.