Hop Rod Rye? More like Crash and Burn

todd_k · 09-15-2006, 07:15 PM

So.....things aren't going well. About 10 minutes into steeping the grains I realized that it was suppose to be a partial mash. I figured I just won't get as much conversion as I should and instead of risking tannins and what not, I would just cut my loses and keep steeping. Well, I pull out the 8 pounds of grain in the grain bag which is a whole lot heavier now. I hold it over the brew pot over a strainer to get as much wort out as possible and then put it into a strainer and into another pot. Only about 1/2 of runoff came off from the grain bag after moving it to the strainer. So, now that I've lost a ton of water to the grain, what should I do? If I top off it's going to be so watered down. Do I just cut my loses and go with about 4 gal of wort? I don't have any extra DME/LME laying around. Should I run some water through the grain bag and dump it back in the pot? The bag has been cooling in the sink for about 30 min.

chillHayze · 09-15-2006, 07:56 PM

If it's PM and you didnt mash the grains your OG will be low anyway, and adding more top-off water will make it 20% lower yet. I wouldn't top it off myself.

I see another half an hour has passed: What did you do?

todd_k · 09-15-2006, 08:06 PM

Argh.... What I did was re-steep the grain bag in a smaller pot which sucked because the bag took up almost the whole pot which didn't leave much space left for water. I ran a quart of water over the grains and dumped the approx 1 gal back into the brew pot to boil for a little while longer make make sure any nasties are boiled off. I'm sure this is the wrong move but it was all I could think of besides just living with the small batch.

todd_k · 09-15-2006, 08:09 PM

Oh yeah, and I forgot to make a starter.

Shoot me in the face with a bazooka.

**Walker** · 09-15-2006, 08:20 PM

Alright, FLoyd.... you're going to have to have out with someone else at the brewfest in Durham. We GRABBASSholes can't be seen with you now.

todd_k · 09-15-2006, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Walker-san

Alright, FLoyd.... you're going to have to have out with someone else at the brewfest in Durham. We GRABBASSholes can't be seen with you now.

Oh man..... and I was going to bring you a shiny new hydrometer.

todd_k · 09-16-2006, 02:00 AM

according to Walker's favorite homebrewing tool, my OG is 1.074, target OG was 1.076. Is this even possible with the amount of screw-ups I made? I'm probably just an idiot and can't read the damn hydrometer but I checked twice.

**Walker** · 09-16-2006, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by HurricaneFloyd

according to Walker's favorite homebrewing tool, my OG is 1.074, target OG was 1.076. Is this even possible with the amount of screw-ups I made? I'm probably just an idiot and can't read the damn hydrometer but I checked twice.

Tell me, young Jedi... has your hydrometer brought you peace of mind, or confusion and doubt?

Just smash the motherf*cker with hammer. Give in to your anger.... and turn to the darkside.

-walker

Boston · 09-16-2006, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by HurricaneFloyd

according to Walker's favorite homebrewing tool, my OG is 1.074, target OG was 1.076. Is this even possible with the amount of screw-ups I made? I'm probably just an idiot and can't read the damn hydrometer but I checked twice.

Are you sure it was a hydrometer and not an anal thermometer?

**the_bird** · 09-16-2006, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Walker-san

Tell me, young Jedi...

Speaking of which... isn't Luke really a ninja, and Han a pirate? Isn't that one of the movies' subtexts, the conflict between the ninja and the pirates?