thehawk
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Today i did my first all grain brew. Simple recipe.
8.5 lbs 2 row
.5 lbs crystal 15
1oz willamette for 60 min
1oz willamette for 1 min.
Hit my mash temp of 52, did double batch sparge with 168 water.
Everything went good except the pre boil gravity was 1.042 for 7 gals of wort reading adjusted from temp of 68.
Beer tools said it should have been 1.034. I use beer tools because it runs on a Mac. Boiled for 60 min and ended up with about 4.75 gals in fermenter at a gravity of 1.054. Added 1 gal of water to bring volume up and gravity to 1.044.
Now for the questions:
Is beer tools wrong on the pre boil gravity.
Also I never boil off that much volume, usually end up with 5.5 gal in fermenter. Any suggestions? Thanks
Jim
8.5 lbs 2 row
.5 lbs crystal 15
1oz willamette for 60 min
1oz willamette for 1 min.
Hit my mash temp of 52, did double batch sparge with 168 water.
Everything went good except the pre boil gravity was 1.042 for 7 gals of wort reading adjusted from temp of 68.
Beer tools said it should have been 1.034. I use beer tools because it runs on a Mac. Boiled for 60 min and ended up with about 4.75 gals in fermenter at a gravity of 1.054. Added 1 gal of water to bring volume up and gravity to 1.044.
Now for the questions:
Is beer tools wrong on the pre boil gravity.
Also I never boil off that much volume, usually end up with 5.5 gal in fermenter. Any suggestions? Thanks
Jim