@The Beerery
What I would be curious about is what volume of water per pound of grist to use if, say, starting with a ferulic acid rest at 104F to decoct up to 145F. I've had lots of trouble in the past getting up to my next temperature step. The main mash loses too much heat and the boiling decoction doesn't bring it up enough even though I pull nearly all the thick part out. I'm wondering if a thicker mash to begin with would help bring it up from that huge step of 104F to 145F. There would be less mash for the thick decoction to contend with for bringing it up to the next rest.
So my point is, starting with too thin of a mash, pulling decoction, then adding back to main mash that's lost heat, doesn't do the trick. And wondering if thicker mash to begin with would do the trick better.
Hope that made sense.