Well, I made my first all grain brew last night. I think that I made some mistakes though......
I made a wheat beer. Here is my recipe:
4.25 lbs Belgian Pilsner Malt
5.0 lbs white wheat
1 lb flaked oats
8 oz rice hulls
Cascade 0.25 oz, pellet, 60 minutes
U.S. Golding 0.25 oz, pellet, 60 minutes
U.K. Northdown 0.25 oz, pellet, 5 minutes
Saaz 0.25 oz, pellet, 5 minutes
0.4 oz Coriander seeds @ 15 min
1/2 oz bitter orange peel and California navel orange@ 15 min
WLP 400
Used 3.5 gallons of strike water and 4.5 gallons of sparge water
I mashed at 152 degrees (according to my thermometer) for 60 minutes. I will get a digital after today, my thermometer is a piece o sh**Te.
Then sparged with 170 degree water. I basically just drained my wort into my brew pot then added half my sparge water and stirred and drained and repeated.
after boiling for 60 minutes, I cooled with a wort chiller to 75 degrees and pitched yeast.
I took a sample and my OG is only 1.038?!?!?!!?
CHecked OG at 60 degrees.
My mash pH was 5.6, should I adjust this?
It is starting to show signs of fermentation this morning.
Should I add some DME? If so, should I just sprinkle some into my glass carboy or add a little to some water and heat it up?
I am worried about aeration. Should I sterilize an airstone and aerate to make sure that the yeast have enough O2 to really get started?
I made a wheat beer. Here is my recipe:
4.25 lbs Belgian Pilsner Malt
5.0 lbs white wheat
1 lb flaked oats
8 oz rice hulls
Cascade 0.25 oz, pellet, 60 minutes
U.S. Golding 0.25 oz, pellet, 60 minutes
U.K. Northdown 0.25 oz, pellet, 5 minutes
Saaz 0.25 oz, pellet, 5 minutes
0.4 oz Coriander seeds @ 15 min
1/2 oz bitter orange peel and California navel orange@ 15 min
WLP 400
Used 3.5 gallons of strike water and 4.5 gallons of sparge water
I mashed at 152 degrees (according to my thermometer) for 60 minutes. I will get a digital after today, my thermometer is a piece o sh**Te.
Then sparged with 170 degree water. I basically just drained my wort into my brew pot then added half my sparge water and stirred and drained and repeated.
after boiling for 60 minutes, I cooled with a wort chiller to 75 degrees and pitched yeast.
I took a sample and my OG is only 1.038?!?!?!!?
CHecked OG at 60 degrees.
My mash pH was 5.6, should I adjust this?
It is starting to show signs of fermentation this morning.
Should I add some DME? If so, should I just sprinkle some into my glass carboy or add a little to some water and heat it up?
I am worried about aeration. Should I sterilize an airstone and aerate to make sure that the yeast have enough O2 to really get started?