Ivan Lendl
Well-Known Member
ok it wasnt raining bad or anything, but what happened was i kept my kettle partially covered (about 50 percent) and didnt take into account i would get less wort boiled off. after 60 min i killed the burner, placed the kettle in an ice bath and cooled it with my immersion chiller. Then after all that i went to whirlpool and thats when i noticed the mistake.
i ended up with about 6.5 gallons of wort instead of 5.5. I was initially gonna say screw it and just fill my 6.5g primary the the top and use a blow off but i was kind of pissed (not drunk-Mad) so i just racked maybe 5.75 g's and aerated and pitched.
The thing that sucks is that this is my 5th batch using my new system and i think ive got it down as far as grain/water ratio's, strike temps, steps, etc...And everything went off as planned except for the stupid rain/boil off problem.
So in the end ive got an APA with an og of 1.042 instead of 1.052-55 i expected. No big deal really, but the ibu/og ratio is all out of whack now. (50 ibu's/1.042)
i ended up with about 6.5 gallons of wort instead of 5.5. I was initially gonna say screw it and just fill my 6.5g primary the the top and use a blow off but i was kind of pissed (not drunk-Mad) so i just racked maybe 5.75 g's and aerated and pitched.
The thing that sucks is that this is my 5th batch using my new system and i think ive got it down as far as grain/water ratio's, strike temps, steps, etc...And everything went off as planned except for the stupid rain/boil off problem.
So in the end ive got an APA with an og of 1.042 instead of 1.052-55 i expected. No big deal really, but the ibu/og ratio is all out of whack now. (50 ibu's/1.042)