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Offline dmtaylor

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Re: Raising gravity in all-grain batches
« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2014, 09:17:10 am »
Crush and volumes.  It's all about crush and volumes, 90% of the time.  Fix those two things first.  Don't trust your LHBS.  Buy your own mill, or crush it twice or even 3 times if you need to, to get the grains milled down towards flour, while keeping the husks more intact.  Volume measurements are very important as well.  If you aim for 5 gallons post-boil but end up with 5.5 gallons, your gravity measurements will be off by 10% or as much as 5 or 6 gravity points, which is a huge effect when efficiency calculations assume that you hit the proper volume spot-on.
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Re: Raising gravity in all-grain batches
« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2014, 09:20:15 am »
dough in

Here's another brewer who uses "dough-in" as a synonym for "mash-in."

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Re: Raising gravity in all-grain batches
« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2014, 04:42:09 pm »
I think its ok, especially if you also say dough out at the end. Seriously though, I now know the difference but still understand the synonymous use.

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Re: Raising gravity in all-grain batches
« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2014, 04:58:53 pm »
I think its ok, especially if you also say dough out at the end. Seriously though, I now know the difference but still understand the synonymous use.

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Re: Raising gravity in all-grain batches
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2014, 05:54:55 pm »
Dough-out?  I am stilling working on mastering "flame-on!"  ;D

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Re: Raising gravity in all-grain batches
« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2014, 08:32:42 pm »
That's awesome. I think I'll start yelling FLAME ON when I fire up, kind of like a tip of the hat to Wayne and Garth.