CBMbrewer
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So i spent most of today brewing up what was supposed to be a clone of weidmer brothers x-114 citra IPA.
10.5# U.S. 2 row
.5# C20
.5# C40
.5# Carapills
Their site says that they use C30 but my LHBS didn't have any.
I'm brewing on a 10 gallon system that I made with false bottom, site glass, brewmometers and the works.
My efficiency is usually around 72 percent. So the projected OG from promash was 1.062, damn close to the Weidmer's.
I mashed in with 3 gallons at 162, settled at 152 and went down to 150 after a 1 hour rest. I mashed out and collected 1.5 gallons (I did not ramp it up to mash out temp because the mash was already at a good temp).
I then flysparged 5 gallons for 15 min at 175. Collected 6.5 gallons.
I did a 1 hour boil with 4 hop additions coming to a total of 3 oz plus 2oz at knockout. When I siphoned into a 5 gallon carboy I filled it to the 5 gallon mark and still had about a half gallon left in the kettle. Nice yield right?
The problem is that my OG came out to 1.042
I know that there is not much I can do now but I just can't figure out why my gravity came out so low.
Did I over sparge?
was my boil not long enough?
would the fact that I had a finishing volume of 5.5 gallons really dilute the wort that much?
10.5# U.S. 2 row
.5# C20
.5# C40
.5# Carapills
Their site says that they use C30 but my LHBS didn't have any.
I'm brewing on a 10 gallon system that I made with false bottom, site glass, brewmometers and the works.
My efficiency is usually around 72 percent. So the projected OG from promash was 1.062, damn close to the Weidmer's.
I mashed in with 3 gallons at 162, settled at 152 and went down to 150 after a 1 hour rest. I mashed out and collected 1.5 gallons (I did not ramp it up to mash out temp because the mash was already at a good temp).
I then flysparged 5 gallons for 15 min at 175. Collected 6.5 gallons.
I did a 1 hour boil with 4 hop additions coming to a total of 3 oz plus 2oz at knockout. When I siphoned into a 5 gallon carboy I filled it to the 5 gallon mark and still had about a half gallon left in the kettle. Nice yield right?
The problem is that my OG came out to 1.042
I know that there is not much I can do now but I just can't figure out why my gravity came out so low.
Did I over sparge?
was my boil not long enough?
would the fact that I had a finishing volume of 5.5 gallons really dilute the wort that much?