Made an interesting one today. I tried to mash 8kg of corn yesterday and think it failed pretty miserably. Typical fashion for me, just not prepared. Anyway it was in a grain bag, i dumped 50L of boiling water but the temp dropped quite quickly ( i will need o redo my insulation) over the next 1 1/2 hrs. I then added 4kg of peated malt at 65c and held it for 1 1/2 hrs. I cooled it with a wort chiller, squeezed the bag as best as i could and took an SG. 1.020 hahaha terrible! I'm guessing none of the corn converted and i got that from the peated malt?
Anyway, today i added 8kg of inverted sugar and 1kg of molasses because i was a bit worried there might not be enough nutrient and considering my recent poor form with AG not converting enough.
Temp was sitting at around 31c. Took another SG and got 1.083ish so thats a bit better.
I made a yeast starter with 150gm fresh bakers yeast, about 200ml of wort and about 100ml of lees from my previous whiskey ferment.
It didn't explode like it normally does, just kinda fizzed and didn't froth up, so already im a bit worried.
I aerated with a drill and paint stirrer before i pitched my yeast, as well as the rest of the lees (about 1L) and another 50gm of fresh bakers yeast just to be sure. After an hr its fizzing away nicely but certainly no frothing.
Was a bit of a mixed mash but i'm always the optimist. We'll see what tomorrow brings