I just finished brewing a Rogue Chocolate Stout clone recipe that I found here on homebrewtalk.com. See recipe below.
The final color is more of a medium brown for which I expected an ebony color. Any ideas what went wrong?
I have also been getting a very low efficiency with my all grain attempts.
My All Grain process is basically this.
1. Mash all grains using 1.3qrts/1lbs grain @ 150 - 155 F for 60 min
a. Stir once at the beginning of the mash to make sure no dry clumps exists.
2. Sparge with enough water @ 175 to make about 6 gallons of wort.
a. stir again after adding sparge water
3. recirculate a few times to catch loose debris in the grain bed
4. empty wort into two pots that I use for boiling (stove top boil)
a. Take gravity reading
5. Add all hops using hop schedule
6. cool to about 80 F and add to fermenter
7. pitch yeast
8. drink a beer and wonder why my efficiency is so bad.
Any ideas how to get my efficiency up? I am guessing that the color turned out medium brown because my efficiency was so low. Is this right?
Thanks for the input.
A ProMash Brewing Session Report
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Brewing Date: Sunday January 09, 2011
Recipe: Chocolate Stout (AG)
Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 6.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 12.63
Anticipated OG: 1.059 Plato: 14.51
Anticipated SRM: 25.4
Anticipated IBU: 38.8
Brewhouse Efficiency: 66 %
Wort Boil Time: 70 Minutes
Actual OG: 1.048 Plato: 11.91
Actual Mash System Efficiency: 56 %
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.0 0.50 lbs. Crystal 120L Great Britain 1.033 120
87.1 11.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
4.0 0.50 lbs. Chocolate Malt America 1.029 350
4.0 0.50 lbs. Flaked Oats America 1.033 2
1.0 0.13 lbs. Roasted Barley America 1.028 450
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.75 29.3 70 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.75 9.5 20 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.75 0.0 0 min.
Extras
Amount Name Type Time
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 Oz Cocoa Powder Other 0 Min.(boil)
Yeast
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WYeast 1056 Amercan Ale/Chico
The final color is more of a medium brown for which I expected an ebony color. Any ideas what went wrong?
I have also been getting a very low efficiency with my all grain attempts.
My All Grain process is basically this.
1. Mash all grains using 1.3qrts/1lbs grain @ 150 - 155 F for 60 min
a. Stir once at the beginning of the mash to make sure no dry clumps exists.
2. Sparge with enough water @ 175 to make about 6 gallons of wort.
a. stir again after adding sparge water
3. recirculate a few times to catch loose debris in the grain bed
4. empty wort into two pots that I use for boiling (stove top boil)
a. Take gravity reading
5. Add all hops using hop schedule
6. cool to about 80 F and add to fermenter
7. pitch yeast
8. drink a beer and wonder why my efficiency is so bad.
Any ideas how to get my efficiency up? I am guessing that the color turned out medium brown because my efficiency was so low. Is this right?
Thanks for the input.
A ProMash Brewing Session Report
--------------------------------
Brewing Date: Sunday January 09, 2011
Recipe: Chocolate Stout (AG)
Recipe Specifics
----------------
Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 6.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 12.63
Anticipated OG: 1.059 Plato: 14.51
Anticipated SRM: 25.4
Anticipated IBU: 38.8
Brewhouse Efficiency: 66 %
Wort Boil Time: 70 Minutes
Actual OG: 1.048 Plato: 11.91
Actual Mash System Efficiency: 56 %
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.0 0.50 lbs. Crystal 120L Great Britain 1.033 120
87.1 11.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
4.0 0.50 lbs. Chocolate Malt America 1.029 350
4.0 0.50 lbs. Flaked Oats America 1.033 2
1.0 0.13 lbs. Roasted Barley America 1.028 450
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.75 29.3 70 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.75 9.5 20 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.75 0.0 0 min.
Extras
Amount Name Type Time
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 Oz Cocoa Powder Other 0 Min.(boil)
Yeast
-----
WYeast 1056 Amercan Ale/Chico