brewmadness
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So for the most part it all went fairly well. There were still some things I struggled with but I still felt like it was all going good. Was a little high on my mash temp, so I added a little cold water to get it down to 152. Dropped to 150 after an hour, not soo bad. Miscalculated my sparge water and ended up with about a gallon or gallon and a half of wort after I reached my boil volume of 7 gallons. That got me a little frustrated but not that big of a deal.
The boil was uneventful, what got me the most was after transferring to fermentor I ended up with only a little more that 4.5 gallons because of all the trub and crap in the bottom of the kettle. I thought about buyin a hop bag, but the mesh looked fairly big and I didn't think it would do much good with pellet hops? I also thought my gravity should be higher? 9 lbs maris otter, 2 pounds crystal and 3 lbs rye? I guess what upset me the most was that this was my most expensive all grain batch so far and I ended up with such a low volume. Much more than 7 gallons is really pushing the limits of my kettle. Could I line the kettle with a fine mesh bag and lift it out slowly after the boil to filter all the trub out? Just looking for suggestions and opinions. My setup is about as basic as it gets for all grain so....
Thanks!
The boil was uneventful, what got me the most was after transferring to fermentor I ended up with only a little more that 4.5 gallons because of all the trub and crap in the bottom of the kettle. I thought about buyin a hop bag, but the mesh looked fairly big and I didn't think it would do much good with pellet hops? I also thought my gravity should be higher? 9 lbs maris otter, 2 pounds crystal and 3 lbs rye? I guess what upset me the most was that this was my most expensive all grain batch so far and I ended up with such a low volume. Much more than 7 gallons is really pushing the limits of my kettle. Could I line the kettle with a fine mesh bag and lift it out slowly after the boil to filter all the trub out? Just looking for suggestions and opinions. My setup is about as basic as it gets for all grain so....
Thanks!