Decoction mashing makes mashing easy!!!

[munkey]

honestly i just did a double Decoction mash, and it turned into a triple, it was soooooooo easy, i mean really it was, you must do it.

i just proceeded as normal and took the mash from the tun, popped it in a pan on the stove, cooked it, returned and the temp was bang on, (all hail beer smith), i usually have a big fanny on bringing the temp to the correct level, then to make the mash change for different profiles i had to fanny on some more, (crappy setup i guess for changing temps), but this Will Suit all you infusers to the ground.

dogger.

Pepsi challenge outa the window for me, never going back, fingers crossed its all ts cracked up to be.

PS dogger is now added to my spell check dictionary lol.

[Oliver]

.. i usually have a big fanny on bringing the temp to the correct level, then to make the mash change for different profiles i had to fanny on some more ...

Munkey,

I assume fanny means something different to what it does here in Australia, and something else again to what it means in the US (and maybe Canada)

I always was amused by "Aunt Fanny" in the Famous Five.

Oliver

[munkey]

thinking about it, it probably meant the same thing but is just adapted as slang for my district, it means like mess about or a faf on.

[Friar]

Munkey

in the States it's the back bum of a female and here in Australia you usually conceive a "Fanny" to be the front bum of a female.

I'll defer to Dogger for the Canadian version

F

[Evo]

Yeah, it means the same in jolly Engerland as well. Like Munkey said, they've just adapted it. Reminds me of the line in The Office where Keith gives Dawn some advice about the US. "Over there your fanny means your ass. Not your minge." Gold ! Top series.

Anyhoo, can you elaborate on this double (or triple) decoction lark please Munkey ? I've read about it somewhere but it didn't sink in. And, I gotta say, not that it really bothered me before, but I'm digging the new spell checker Munkey.

[Dogger Dan]

Cool

We have fanny packs so its not like it means anything bad. Mind you we have a store called "Roots" to

[munkey]

office.... choice series..

anyway, deco mashing.... apparently it increases the malt flavor, and makes the starches more available to the enzymes, this method i believe was developed to increase the yield of poorly malted grains, and in the case of a wit etc, the enzyme power is substantially decreased, so this helps with the mash efficiency,

however most styles apparently benefit from this process, with increased depth and more complex flavors.

i found that you Can quite easily control the temp of your mash with this method two, having precise rests and accurate step ups.

if you require any more specific info you ask n ill type up some more.