digphish
Well-Known Member
So for a while now, I've been way overshooting my OG by about 10 points, and I don't know why. It never really bothered me before, but I'm trying to get more serious about style guidelines and would like to stay within them. I've been doing Bobby_M's double batch sparge method just as he states. Last week I did an Oktoberfest beer that was supposed to be about 1.052 and it ended up being 1.064. That was measured before pitching the yeast.
So this week before I brewed, I thought I would make sure that my kettle volume was calibrated, and it was. I did a light beer that was supposed to be about 1.048. My preboil, cooled gravity was 1.050. I collected 12.75 gallons. That has my efficiency over 90%. My gravity after boil was 1.059 and that is way too high for this type of beer. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, or am I doing everything right, getting an awesome efficiency and just need to put that into beersmith so it can adjust my grain bill? Any feedback is appreciated.
So this week before I brewed, I thought I would make sure that my kettle volume was calibrated, and it was. I did a light beer that was supposed to be about 1.048. My preboil, cooled gravity was 1.050. I collected 12.75 gallons. That has my efficiency over 90%. My gravity after boil was 1.059 and that is way too high for this type of beer. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, or am I doing everything right, getting an awesome efficiency and just need to put that into beersmith so it can adjust my grain bill? Any feedback is appreciated.