Heineken
Well-Known Member
I did my first all-grain this morning but was a little bummed about my efficiency. I am making an IPA and started with:
13 lbs 2-row
0..75 amber malt
7.5 gallon pot with 10 gallon Igloo similiar setup as depicted here - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/cheap-easy-10-gallon-rubbermaid-mlt-conversion-23008/
First mash: ~16.75 quarts of water with strike temp ~ 170
Mash settled in at about 154 degrees for 60 minutes (stirred once at 30 minutes)
I got about 2.5 gallons of wort in my first round drain
Sparged with 16.25 quarts at about 174
settled at about 165 degrees for 10 minutes
i got about 4 gallons of wort in second drain
boiled for 60 minutes, adding hops accordingly along with irish moss.
used wort chiller and took temp down to about 78, added yeast. Already movement in airlock 5 hours later.
According to Beersmith, Brewhouse efficiency @ 75% should have put me at 1.073.
I ended up with a OG of 1.052 or ~54% efficiency.
Granted, this was my first try but was hoping for a little better.
Any advice to get higher efficiency next time? The grains I used were about 3 weeks old but not sure that has anything to do with it.
13 lbs 2-row
0..75 amber malt
7.5 gallon pot with 10 gallon Igloo similiar setup as depicted here - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/cheap-easy-10-gallon-rubbermaid-mlt-conversion-23008/
First mash: ~16.75 quarts of water with strike temp ~ 170
Mash settled in at about 154 degrees for 60 minutes (stirred once at 30 minutes)
I got about 2.5 gallons of wort in my first round drain
Sparged with 16.25 quarts at about 174
settled at about 165 degrees for 10 minutes
i got about 4 gallons of wort in second drain
boiled for 60 minutes, adding hops accordingly along with irish moss.
used wort chiller and took temp down to about 78, added yeast. Already movement in airlock 5 hours later.
According to Beersmith, Brewhouse efficiency @ 75% should have put me at 1.073.
I ended up with a OG of 1.052 or ~54% efficiency.
Granted, this was my first try but was hoping for a little better.
Any advice to get higher efficiency next time? The grains I used were about 3 weeks old but not sure that has anything to do with it.