JNye
Well-Known Member
Something off the wall happened and i don't know what it was. I did my first BIAB last night to check it out for smaller grain bills. SMaSH with Maris Otter. 5LBS. normal LHBS crush. used a paint strainer bag.
brought temp to 154*, added grain. stir. 20 mins 148* stir, bring heat back to 154* 20 mins, stir 152*, 20 mins stir. bring temp up to 175 for 20 mins. stir, drain bag. check gravity @ 1.012! for 3 gallons...SICK!!! since i already killed the enzymes i was screwed.
Luckily my LHBS is also a liquor store so I ran over there at 10 pm and got 3.3LBs of DME to save 3 hours of labor. final gravity of 1.048.
My Beersmith is on the fritz so if anyone wants to give me some stats I'd appreciate it. The efficiency must have been ~30%?
Possible problems....bag too small? but i was able to stir just fine and i have read of others using paint strainer bags.
Crush not fine enough...but this can't account for this bad of efficiency could it? something off the wall i don't know about like bad grain? maybe they gave me 6 row, i dunno?
brought temp to 154*, added grain. stir. 20 mins 148* stir, bring heat back to 154* 20 mins, stir 152*, 20 mins stir. bring temp up to 175 for 20 mins. stir, drain bag. check gravity @ 1.012! for 3 gallons...SICK!!! since i already killed the enzymes i was screwed.
Luckily my LHBS is also a liquor store so I ran over there at 10 pm and got 3.3LBs of DME to save 3 hours of labor. final gravity of 1.048.
My Beersmith is on the fritz so if anyone wants to give me some stats I'd appreciate it. The efficiency must have been ~30%?
Possible problems....bag too small? but i was able to stir just fine and i have read of others using paint strainer bags.
Crush not fine enough...but this can't account for this bad of efficiency could it? something off the wall i don't know about like bad grain? maybe they gave me 6 row, i dunno?