senorfartman
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I posted the other day about only coming up with about 1/2 the wort I had intended for.
I took the advice, used a lot more water and remembered to take into account the dead space in my HLT (HD 10 gal cooler) then added the extra water just to be on the safe side..
And I still end up with 1/2 of what I should have! WTF am I doing wrong?
I made up a recipe for a stout. It goes:
8 lbs Eng 2 row
1 lb roasted barley
1 lb carapils
1/2 lb chocolate malt
1/4 lb patent
1 oz Kent Goldings (1/2 @ 60, 1/2 @ 10)
1/2 oz Fuggles (30)
I mashed with 3.5 gallons of water for a strike temp of 152.
I batch sparged with over 6 gallons of 168 degree water just to be safe.
I still came up with only about 3 gallons of wort in the fermenter.
What am I doing wrong?
I took the advice, used a lot more water and remembered to take into account the dead space in my HLT (HD 10 gal cooler) then added the extra water just to be on the safe side..
And I still end up with 1/2 of what I should have! WTF am I doing wrong?
I made up a recipe for a stout. It goes:
8 lbs Eng 2 row
1 lb roasted barley
1 lb carapils
1/2 lb chocolate malt
1/4 lb patent
1 oz Kent Goldings (1/2 @ 60, 1/2 @ 10)
1/2 oz Fuggles (30)
I mashed with 3.5 gallons of water for a strike temp of 152.
I batch sparged with over 6 gallons of 168 degree water just to be safe.
I still came up with only about 3 gallons of wort in the fermenter.
What am I doing wrong?