keelanfish
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Last night was a big step in the adventure that is homebrewing for Myers Brothers Brewing. Over the past couple months, my brother and I have been building equipment and gettting things set up and organized at his apartment for all grain brewing. In addition, we have upped the size of things and have the ability to do larger batches.
So, last night we did a double batch of Haus Pale Ale that we picked up from Brewmaster's Warehouse (can't say enough about the good experience with them). I was worried that the 10 gallon cooler wouldn't be big enough to mash it, but it worked fine. In actuallity, the more limiting factor was the 15 gallon kettle. That thing was full to within about 1 inch of the top at the start of the boil. It was cold last night, about 27 degrees (I know, doesn't seem cold to most of you, but for Atlanta, it's cold), so it took a while to get it all to a nice boil. Had a little boil over before hot break, but everything turned out fine.
The two kits together is supposed to make 11 gallons of beer, but we ended up with 11.5 to 12 gallons. The estimated O.G. is 1.051, but we missed it slightly due to ending up with too much wort. We hit 1.048, so we didn't miss by much.
I don't know if I'm doing the math correctly, first time trying to calculate efficiency, but here's what I came up with.
16 lbs 2-row pale x 38 pts/lb/gal / 11.5 gal = 52.87
4 lbs Vienna Malt x 35 pts/lb/gal / 11.5 gal = 12.17
1 lbs Crystal 10L x 35 pts/lb/gal / 11.5 gal = 3.04
For a possible O.G. of 1.068 (assuming 100% efficiency)
Actual O.G. was 1.048
So to get batch efficiency: 48/68 = 70.6%
I hope my math is correct, but if it is, I'm pretty stoked about hitting 70% on our first attempt at all grain. I even forgot to add the 5.2 buffer to the mash, so I think I will do even better next time.
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So, last night we did a double batch of Haus Pale Ale that we picked up from Brewmaster's Warehouse (can't say enough about the good experience with them). I was worried that the 10 gallon cooler wouldn't be big enough to mash it, but it worked fine. In actuallity, the more limiting factor was the 15 gallon kettle. That thing was full to within about 1 inch of the top at the start of the boil. It was cold last night, about 27 degrees (I know, doesn't seem cold to most of you, but for Atlanta, it's cold), so it took a while to get it all to a nice boil. Had a little boil over before hot break, but everything turned out fine.
The two kits together is supposed to make 11 gallons of beer, but we ended up with 11.5 to 12 gallons. The estimated O.G. is 1.051, but we missed it slightly due to ending up with too much wort. We hit 1.048, so we didn't miss by much.
I don't know if I'm doing the math correctly, first time trying to calculate efficiency, but here's what I came up with.
16 lbs 2-row pale x 38 pts/lb/gal / 11.5 gal = 52.87
4 lbs Vienna Malt x 35 pts/lb/gal / 11.5 gal = 12.17
1 lbs Crystal 10L x 35 pts/lb/gal / 11.5 gal = 3.04
For a possible O.G. of 1.068 (assuming 100% efficiency)
Actual O.G. was 1.048
So to get batch efficiency: 48/68 = 70.6%
I hope my math is correct, but if it is, I'm pretty stoked about hitting 70% on our first attempt at all grain. I even forgot to add the 5.2 buffer to the mash, so I think I will do even better next time.
***Photos Coming Soon***