stephelton
Well-Known Member
I brewed a brown ale yesterday with 13.16 lbs of grains, and (via ProMash) determined the pre-boil SG should have been around 1.048-ish (given 75-80%). My results were very disappointing (I hit around 57% efficiency, I was closer to 1.036 (I don't have my brewlog in front of me.))
My first runnings were 1.086 SG, and within 10 minutes (I was fly sparging) were running closer to 1.03 (and I was sparging very slowly, took nearly an hour.)
Since I was very close to my mash temp, I'm thinking my problem is my sparge temp. Does that first runnings SG look about right?
I sparged with about 177 F water, which is sprinkled atop the grain bed. At one point I measured that the water pooled above the grain bed was about 160 F. Is that a bit low?
Glad I used a lot of grain this time, my OG was 1.048, which will still produce some tastey beer
My first runnings were 1.086 SG, and within 10 minutes (I was fly sparging) were running closer to 1.03 (and I was sparging very slowly, took nearly an hour.)
Since I was very close to my mash temp, I'm thinking my problem is my sparge temp. Does that first runnings SG look about right?
I sparged with about 177 F water, which is sprinkled atop the grain bed. At one point I measured that the water pooled above the grain bed was about 160 F. Is that a bit low?
Glad I used a lot of grain this time, my OG was 1.048, which will still produce some tastey beer