BrettV said:I finally did my first partial mash yesterday, but I'm afraid that I didn't get very good efficiency from my grain. Truth be told, I didn't realize it was a partial mash kit when I bought it, but I thought "WTF, I can handle this." NB has instructions included, and I sort of followed them while referencing this article. In the end, my OG was 1.054 when the instructions said it should be 1.065, and brew calculus told me it should be 1.069. The beer is their RyePA. Here's what I did:
Heated 5 quarts of water to 162 degrees. Placed 5 lbs of grain in mesh bag into water, adjusted temp to 152, covered it, wrapped it in a towel, placed it in the oven on warm for 1 hour. Heated 5 quarts of sparge water in my brew pot to 160. Removed the grain bag from the first pot and drained as best I could and then tea-bagged it in the sparge water for 10 minutes. Drained, discarded grains, poured the wort from the first pot in with the sparge water/wort in the brew pot, and proceeded as usual with my boil. My other fermentables included 6 lbs of Amber malt syrup. It seems like I did everything right, but that's a pretty low OG.
This write up has been a great resource for me. Thanks DeathBrewer for all of the info. I've got a stupid question though that has been wearing on me though. I've read both your Partial Mash and AG stove top methods.
Is the only basic difference that the PM method uses DME and fewer grains? Could it then also just be called an AG method with DME addition?
Other than that, both methods appear basically the same. Or am I missing something?
Sorry for such a noob question. I've searched a lot of both threads, but the answer is eluding me.
Thanks TANSTAAFB! And so right on the obsession. I'll wake up some mornings and immediately start thinking of what I want to try and brew next, or what equipment I want to upgrade, etc. The wife is starting to look at me funny....
My wife loves to hike so we started taking a homebrew to enjoy in the most scenic spot after a long sweaty hike
Hey would like to thank Deathbrewer for this tutorial. I did my first partial last weekend and I think I'm hooked hit my OG no prob! :rockin: Just had a question regarding recipe formulation: I don't know if it has been covered somewhere or not but I am looking for specific info on how to convert extract/AG recipes to partial mash. I know there is software out there that helps you do this but I'm too cheap to buy it. Any tips would be helpful.
Easiest way to tinker with this stuff for free is Hopville.
I don't have more than one 22qt+ pot. Can I still PM, or am I relegated to steeping+extract? If I do steep+extract would sparging contribute anything?
I was wondering if I'm suppose to t squeeze the grains out or just let them drip out?
I don't have more than one 22qt+ pot. Can I still PM, or am I relegated to steeping+extract? If I do steep+extract would sparging contribute anything?
Thanks, i'm certainly working on the back problem.
my absolute favorite recipes for this method are my dunkelweizens. it can be as simple as:
Grains:
3 lbs Wheat Malt
2 lbs Munich Malt
¼ lbs Chocolate Malt (pale chocolate is wonderful in this recipe)
Extract: 3 lbs Wheat Dry Malt Extract
Hops: 0.6 oz Tettnanger, hallertau or saaz (at ~4% AA) for 60 minute boil.
Yeast: WLP 300
ferment in the mid 60s if you can
EDIT: i think i'll make this recipe this weekend
EDIT: Changed amount of hops and added boil time for clarification.
Would this basic system work ok with this style of beer and if so can anyone post a detailed recipe for Dead Guy Clone that they have made and liked that I could have a go at.
Top 5 results when searching:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/dead-guy-clone-recipe-4770/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f85/yep-another-dead-guy-clone-60158/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/rogue-dead-guy-ale-clone-165590/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/can-you-brew-recipe-rogue-dead-guy-ale-175382/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/rogue-dead-guy-ale-clone-175803/
I don't know how good they are, I've never brewed them since I've never tried Rogue Dead Guy. This method should allow you to brew most styles, or any style, if you're creative (the whole big-beer-small-beer thing would be a tough trick). Good luck!
so whats the difference between extract w/ specialty grains and PM exactly? aside from the sparge it seems to be the exact same thing
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