WahHooJames
Active Member
Okay. I've done roughly 30 home-brews now using liquid extract. The last two attempts I've had at making a blonde and it just cuts my OG back big time. I plugged into BeerSmith and get this:
Recipe Type: Extract
Yeast: WYEAST 1272 - American Ale II
Yeast Starter: No
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5
Original Gravity: 1.043
Final Gravity: 1.011
IBU: 22
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 7
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7 @ 68 F
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 @ 68 F
Ingredients
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0.50 lb CaraPils (steeped)
0.50 lb Crystal 10L (steeped)
6.00 lb Extra Light Dry Malt Extract
Hops
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0.75 oz Willamette at 60
0.75 oz Willamette at 20
0.50 oz Willamette at 1
Other
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1 unit, Whirfloc at 20
By the end of my boil my sweet wort was great but, following the process I started with a 3 gallon boil which brought it down to about two at flame out. Then I added a gallon of cool water, whirlpooled and let it rest. I racked off of the trub (thanks Whirlfloc) and when in my 6.5 gallon conical I only had about 3 gallons of wort. So 2.5 gallons of water my wort looked ready and sort of darker hue or a blonde. I put it in my hydrometer and slam... Only 1.020 for OG! Is it the DME that has it off? Is it the concentrated wort that gets watered down? It's gonna leave me with a keystone light piss flavored ale with around 3.0%ABV if I don't add something at secondary. Solutions? Comments? Just frustrating because using liquid I was only ever .02 off on average.
(for the record I have an all electric brewery being built right now to be fully operational by end of May!!! Wahoooooooo)
Recipe Type: Extract
Yeast: WYEAST 1272 - American Ale II
Yeast Starter: No
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5
Original Gravity: 1.043
Final Gravity: 1.011
IBU: 22
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 7
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7 @ 68 F
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 @ 68 F
Ingredients
======================================
0.50 lb CaraPils (steeped)
0.50 lb Crystal 10L (steeped)
6.00 lb Extra Light Dry Malt Extract
Hops
======================================
0.75 oz Willamette at 60
0.75 oz Willamette at 20
0.50 oz Willamette at 1
Other
======================================
1 unit, Whirfloc at 20
By the end of my boil my sweet wort was great but, following the process I started with a 3 gallon boil which brought it down to about two at flame out. Then I added a gallon of cool water, whirlpooled and let it rest. I racked off of the trub (thanks Whirlfloc) and when in my 6.5 gallon conical I only had about 3 gallons of wort. So 2.5 gallons of water my wort looked ready and sort of darker hue or a blonde. I put it in my hydrometer and slam... Only 1.020 for OG! Is it the DME that has it off? Is it the concentrated wort that gets watered down? It's gonna leave me with a keystone light piss flavored ale with around 3.0%ABV if I don't add something at secondary. Solutions? Comments? Just frustrating because using liquid I was only ever .02 off on average.
(for the record I have an all electric brewery being built right now to be fully operational by end of May!!! Wahoooooooo)