This is my second all grain batch. I decided to try an Oktoberfest ale.
Ingredients:
6# pilsner
6# Vienna
0.5# caramunich 40
0.5# crystal 20
1oz Tetnanger @ 60 min
0.5oz Hallertaur @ 30 min
0.5oz Hallertaur @ 15 min
German Ale yeast smack pack
Mashed @ 156 F for 60 min using 1.29Quarts/Lbs of grain.
Sparged with 3.5 gallons @ 175 F. End running gravity was 1.038 (too high?).
Total out of mash and sparge for boil was 6.03 gallons. Boiled for 60 min using hop schedule above. After boil and cooling had 4.5 gallons of wart. Original gravity after adding 0.8 gallons of water to top off the fermenter to 5.3 gallons was 1.053 (too low?)
My setup is a 10 gallon igloo cooler for the mash tun and two stainless steel pots for boiling on a electric stove. Fermenting in a plastic bucket.
I estimate that my efficiency is about 60%. What am I doing wrong? Any ideas?
Ingredients:
6# pilsner
6# Vienna
0.5# caramunich 40
0.5# crystal 20
1oz Tetnanger @ 60 min
0.5oz Hallertaur @ 30 min
0.5oz Hallertaur @ 15 min
German Ale yeast smack pack
Mashed @ 156 F for 60 min using 1.29Quarts/Lbs of grain.
Sparged with 3.5 gallons @ 175 F. End running gravity was 1.038 (too high?).
Total out of mash and sparge for boil was 6.03 gallons. Boiled for 60 min using hop schedule above. After boil and cooling had 4.5 gallons of wart. Original gravity after adding 0.8 gallons of water to top off the fermenter to 5.3 gallons was 1.053 (too low?)
My setup is a 10 gallon igloo cooler for the mash tun and two stainless steel pots for boiling on a electric stove. Fermenting in a plastic bucket.
I estimate that my efficiency is about 60%. What am I doing wrong? Any ideas?