I'm on my 6th or 7th batch, the first was extract, but I went to partials after that. This time I decided to something "high gravity"--AHS Winter Warmer. The make-up looks like this:
2 1/2# 2-Row
.75# Crystal 60
.5# Crystal 20
6# Pale DME
I started with a protein rest at 122F for 30 minutes, added about a gallon of boiling h20 to reach ~155F, held that for 45 minutes. Drained a gallon of my mash into my kettle, then added another gallon of boiling h20 to mash out at ~175. All in all, I had somewhere around 3-3.5 gallons pre-boil and my gravity at that point was 1.033 which (by my calculations) results in about 75-80% efficiency.
Started my boil, added my hops. Boiled 50 minutes before adding my DME (for the last 10 minutes of the boil)... Cooled, topped, pitched, etc.
OG was 1.062 at room temp, but I was shooting for 1.072. I can deal with a lower gravity beer, but for future reference I want to know what happened. Everything seems Kosher, but I probably missed something that you guys won't. Please correct me if I'm wrong or offer any suggestions.
Thanks!
2 1/2# 2-Row
.75# Crystal 60
.5# Crystal 20
6# Pale DME
I started with a protein rest at 122F for 30 minutes, added about a gallon of boiling h20 to reach ~155F, held that for 45 minutes. Drained a gallon of my mash into my kettle, then added another gallon of boiling h20 to mash out at ~175. All in all, I had somewhere around 3-3.5 gallons pre-boil and my gravity at that point was 1.033 which (by my calculations) results in about 75-80% efficiency.
Started my boil, added my hops. Boiled 50 minutes before adding my DME (for the last 10 minutes of the boil)... Cooled, topped, pitched, etc.
OG was 1.062 at room temp, but I was shooting for 1.072. I can deal with a lower gravity beer, but for future reference I want to know what happened. Everything seems Kosher, but I probably missed something that you guys won't. Please correct me if I'm wrong or offer any suggestions.
Thanks!