Yeah, i feel pretty dumb for having done this. Lemme explain, and hopefully the thread title will make more sense.
My strike temp was: 171 (water temp of course, not mashing temp), mash for 60 mins.
My sparge temp was: 176 (again, water temp), rest again for 60 minutes.
Receipe: EdWort's Bee Cave Oktoberfest Ale
5.5# Pils
5.5# Vienna
2# Munich
0.5# Caramunich
0.5# Caravienne
1 oz. Tettnang 4.4% AA at 60 min.
0.5 oz Hallertau 4.2 % AA at 30 Min
0.5 oz. Hallertau 4.2% AA at 15 min
O.G. 1.062
F.G. 1.012
I bought all the ingredients for the above and thought i was good to go so when i got home i opened Brewpal so that i could get my strike water and sparge water temps and all the other calculations. I opened Brewpal, ran with the numbers and proceeded to have my first all-grain brew day (it was pretty darn cool seeing how i made my very own "extract" all from scratch!). The process went fine, but then immediately after i pitched my yeast it hit me that the numbers that Brewpal was telling me to use were for this recipe:
10lbs Marris Otter
.71lbs Chocolate
.62lbs Crystal 90L
.44lbs Oats (flaked)
1oz NB hops
I had just plugged these ingredients into Brewpal to start planning my first AG porter that i wanted to try so that was the active recipe in the app.
How screwed am I? When i tasted the wort off of my hydrometer it tasted incredibly sweet but i don't have anything to compare it to because i have never tasted any wort before hand (i've just recently discovered the importance of O.G. hydrometer readings). My readings were slighty off from EdWort's posted OG, i managed to hit 1.056 but i attribute that mainly to my efficiency and it being my first AG brew. I still need to get a temperature probe for my HLT to get super accurate readings.
Luckily, i do have some home brew that i can relax with. It obviously did take off once i pitched the yeast, but i'm more concerned with my mash and sparge schedule having a negative impact on the final outcome because i did use the wrong schedule....
My strike temp was: 171 (water temp of course, not mashing temp), mash for 60 mins.
My sparge temp was: 176 (again, water temp), rest again for 60 minutes.
Receipe: EdWort's Bee Cave Oktoberfest Ale
5.5# Pils
5.5# Vienna
2# Munich
0.5# Caramunich
0.5# Caravienne
1 oz. Tettnang 4.4% AA at 60 min.
0.5 oz Hallertau 4.2 % AA at 30 Min
0.5 oz. Hallertau 4.2% AA at 15 min
O.G. 1.062
F.G. 1.012
I bought all the ingredients for the above and thought i was good to go so when i got home i opened Brewpal so that i could get my strike water and sparge water temps and all the other calculations. I opened Brewpal, ran with the numbers and proceeded to have my first all-grain brew day (it was pretty darn cool seeing how i made my very own "extract" all from scratch!). The process went fine, but then immediately after i pitched my yeast it hit me that the numbers that Brewpal was telling me to use were for this recipe:
10lbs Marris Otter
.71lbs Chocolate
.62lbs Crystal 90L
.44lbs Oats (flaked)
1oz NB hops
I had just plugged these ingredients into Brewpal to start planning my first AG porter that i wanted to try so that was the active recipe in the app.
How screwed am I? When i tasted the wort off of my hydrometer it tasted incredibly sweet but i don't have anything to compare it to because i have never tasted any wort before hand (i've just recently discovered the importance of O.G. hydrometer readings). My readings were slighty off from EdWort's posted OG, i managed to hit 1.056 but i attribute that mainly to my efficiency and it being my first AG brew. I still need to get a temperature probe for my HLT to get super accurate readings.
Luckily, i do have some home brew that i can relax with. It obviously did take off once i pitched the yeast, but i'm more concerned with my mash and sparge schedule having a negative impact on the final outcome because i did use the wrong schedule....