bradfordmonk
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This is my second attempt at BIAB, first attempt went well, just ended with twice as much wort then intended because I used the wrong calculator online
So I tried again with same recipe, minus 1lb of base malt grain. According to Hopville, my OG should have been 1.086, I ended at 1.060, which is what, 50% efficiency. (I attached recipe)
I think in future I'm going to skip the sudo-sparge I was doing (as you'll see below) and just do full volume and use the 170* rest for 10minutes.
Perhaps someone can help explain where I went wrong...
Only possible thing I can think of is either...
Any ideas?
This is my second attempt at BIAB, first attempt went well, just ended with twice as much wort then intended because I used the wrong calculator online
So I tried again with same recipe, minus 1lb of base malt grain. According to Hopville, my OG should have been 1.086, I ended at 1.060, which is what, 50% efficiency. (I attached recipe)
I think in future I'm going to skip the sudo-sparge I was doing (as you'll see below) and just do full volume and use the 170* rest for 10minutes.
Perhaps someone can help explain where I went wrong...
- Water used was bottled Deer Park
- Mashed for 60minutes, temp was between 152* and 155* (mostly 153*) for the entire 60 minutes. So that was good.
- Pulled grains/bag out, let drip, moved to a bucket to capture runnings. Heated wort in pot to 170*, then put grains/bag back in for 10mins
- Pulled grains/bag out, let drip, moved to bucket and poured additional volume of water of 180* and poured over grain, to rinse grains and also bring my volume to needed volume.
- Continued boil as regular.
Only possible thing I can think of is either...
- First time ordering grains through midwest, maybe the crush?
- Flame blew out during boil a few times, but only for less than a minute/few seconds while I re-lit.
Any ideas?