My first ag i used
6lb of 2 row
1lb torrified wheat
.5lb dextrin
4lb malted wheat
total 11.5 lb
I have a 5 gallon mash tun with a ss bread. i mashed with 3.6 gallons of water. Forgetting that the grain would cool the water down it was mashed at about 140 deg f.
I was planning on batch sparging but after the mash there was only about 2 gallons head space. so i decided to try a fly sparge. I fly sparged it for about an hour and collected 6.5 gallons of wort. with an gravity of 1.030. After the boil the gravity was 1.050 and after fermenting 1.010 so 5.2 % alcohol is still good but i was looking for more.
this gave me around a 52% efficiency why so low
was it the low mash temp?
should i used 6 row instead, because i am using wheat?
Is a ss bread no good for fly sparging.
with a five Gallon tun and batch sparging do i just fill up the extra 2 gallons of water and repeat until i have the amount of wort i need?
I am just wondering how i can get a high efficiency next time.
6lb of 2 row
1lb torrified wheat
.5lb dextrin
4lb malted wheat
total 11.5 lb
I have a 5 gallon mash tun with a ss bread. i mashed with 3.6 gallons of water. Forgetting that the grain would cool the water down it was mashed at about 140 deg f.
I was planning on batch sparging but after the mash there was only about 2 gallons head space. so i decided to try a fly sparge. I fly sparged it for about an hour and collected 6.5 gallons of wort. with an gravity of 1.030. After the boil the gravity was 1.050 and after fermenting 1.010 so 5.2 % alcohol is still good but i was looking for more.
this gave me around a 52% efficiency why so low
was it the low mash temp?
should i used 6 row instead, because i am using wheat?
Is a ss bread no good for fly sparging.
with a five Gallon tun and batch sparging do i just fill up the extra 2 gallons of water and repeat until i have the amount of wort i need?
I am just wondering how i can get a high efficiency next time.