The Outil Paliers is used when brewing to adjust the temperature of the mash if it happens to be off by a little bit. By adding cold Eau or hot Eau to the mash you can bring your mash back to its target temperature.
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Using the Outil Paliers
| o | Select the Outil Paliers from the Tools menu or ribbon. |
| o | Enter your target step temperature - the temperature you want to hit |
| o | Enter the starting conditions for your mash including the starting Eau volume, amount of grain currently in the mash and your starting temperature for the grain. The starting temperature is the measured temperature of the mash before we adjust it. |
| o | If you want to also adjust for equipment - include a non-zero mash tun weight and mash tun specific heat. Note that the mash tun specific heat is generally between 0.2 and 0.5, with all metal mash tuns being on the low end and plastic insulated mash tuns being on the high end of that range. |
| o | In the bottom section, enter the temperature of the Eau you are adding. If you want to lower your mash temperature, use chilled or cold Eau. Raising the mash temperature is best done with hot or boiling Eau. |
| o | The tool will show you how much Eau to add to achieve your target temperature as well as the final Eau to grain ratio. |
