BenedictusDeus
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I'll start by saying that I took the OG without having to add water. My hydrometer reads at 70 and I took the temp at 65. Now onto the recipe, etc.
It is my 3rd batch and I tried Orfy's Mild Mannered Ale, altering it for a 2 gallon batch.
It calls for the following grain bill (parenthesis are what I changed it to):
5lbs 8 oz Maris Otter (2 lb) LHBS was out of Otter and gave me something els but I can't remember what it was. Sorry.
1 lb 8 oz Crystal 60L (.6 lb)
6 oz Chocolate malt (1.2 oz)
Mash at 158 degrees for 60 minutes at a 1.25:1 ratio(I did 3 1/3 quarts). (I have a hard time with mash temps as I do it on a stovetop and was probably 5-8 degrees below the whole time but I did mash for 15 minutes longer)
This left me with 2 quarts of wort, so I sparged with 8 1/2 quarts to reach a preboil of 10 1/2 quarts. I went a little over 20% extra as in my previous 2 batches I came up a little short. This backfired though as I ended up with a 1/2 quart extra.)
One other thing I could see is that in my boil I didn't keep the boil high enough that I didn't evaporate enough of the water off. But I really have no idea if this can be a problem.
The original gravity was supposed to be 1.035 and I came up with 1.025. Anybody have any ideas as to what I did wrong. Thanks a lot.
It is my 3rd batch and I tried Orfy's Mild Mannered Ale, altering it for a 2 gallon batch.
It calls for the following grain bill (parenthesis are what I changed it to):
5lbs 8 oz Maris Otter (2 lb) LHBS was out of Otter and gave me something els but I can't remember what it was. Sorry.
1 lb 8 oz Crystal 60L (.6 lb)
6 oz Chocolate malt (1.2 oz)
Mash at 158 degrees for 60 minutes at a 1.25:1 ratio(I did 3 1/3 quarts). (I have a hard time with mash temps as I do it on a stovetop and was probably 5-8 degrees below the whole time but I did mash for 15 minutes longer)
This left me with 2 quarts of wort, so I sparged with 8 1/2 quarts to reach a preboil of 10 1/2 quarts. I went a little over 20% extra as in my previous 2 batches I came up a little short. This backfired though as I ended up with a 1/2 quart extra.)
One other thing I could see is that in my boil I didn't keep the boil high enough that I didn't evaporate enough of the water off. But I really have no idea if this can be a problem.
The original gravity was supposed to be 1.035 and I came up with 1.025. Anybody have any ideas as to what I did wrong. Thanks a lot.