All-Grain - Santa Maria - Page 4

**earwig** · 01-15-2011, 01:51 PM

Bottled this up late last night. OG was 1.060 and FG, 1.003. I'm not sure what I screwed up or if my LHBS didn't give me the right about of grain. In any case, it tasted pretty good flat and young.

**Walker** · 01-15-2011, 02:03 PM

Sorry for the lag in response. I somehow got unsubscribed from my own thread and didn't see your questions.

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Originally Posted by earwig

Ok, this will be my LAST question as the night is FINALLY over. What do you normally hit for your final gravity? I don't know what the heck I did... I used the calc at brew365.com for my mash/sparge and ended up with 5.75 gallons in the end and an OG of 1.060. That OG is before temperature correction though...

I never check final gravity. Ever.

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Originally Posted by earwig

Bottled this up late last night. OG was 1.060 and FG, 1.003. I'm not sure what I screwed up or if my LHBS didn't give me the right about of grain. In any case, it tasted pretty good flat and young.

Perhaps you just have a higher efficiency than I do. I get 75%, and this recipe (the most recent one in my post from 7/27/10) makes 5.5 gallons of 1.055 wort.

If I were to make only 5 gallons, it would be 1.061.

You ended up with 5.75 gallons of 1.060, but that was without correction, so we really don't know what you got as a real gravity. If the sample was warm, then it means that the gravity was actually HIGHER than 1.060 (it gets thicker as it cools).

Your efficiency is either up in the high 80%'s or your grain bill wasn't quite right.

Either way, it'll be beer.

**earwig** · 01-22-2011, 01:55 AM

Hey Walker... this beer was in bottles for 1 week and I couldn't resist trying one. It came out pretty friggin awesome. Now that I know there aren't any off flavors etc I'll let them sit another 2 weeks before enjoying. Anyway, thanks for the recipe it really is a good one. A bit hoppy for my GF but I like it... tastes like an American pale ale. Peace!