IAbowhunter86
Member
Well I brewed this yesterday did a 1 hour mash at 154 degrees in 1.75 gallons of water and i sparged with 170 degree water for about 15minutes and had 4.75 gallons sparge water. Did my 1 hour boil and cooled the wort and took a gravity which was supposed to end at 1.035 but i was surprised to be at 1.048 but noticed i was a halfish gallon shy of my 5 gallon target so added .75 gallons water which brought down the gravity to 1.038 i can't figure out how i ended up with the high og number or so short on water the grain must of sucked up that much. How much water do you figure you loose to grain? I pitched a wlp002 its a little under 70 degrees so seems to be taking a little longer to get the fermentation going hopefully by tom when i get home from work it will be on its way. oh and the grain bill was
5 lbs marris otter
.5 lbs cara 40
2 oz pale choc
1lbs corn sugar 2 min left of boil
Thanks for any help on my little mishap on volumes
5 lbs marris otter
.5 lbs cara 40
2 oz pale choc
1lbs corn sugar 2 min left of boil
Thanks for any help on my little mishap on volumes