This is my 4th all grain batch that I've made, an AHS Belgian Trappist Dubbel
Malts are as follows
7.5lb Belgian Pale
3lb Munich
1lb Cara Munich
.25lb Special B
I mashed at 150 for 60 min with 1.25qt per lb of grain.
Then batch sparged at 175 with two infusions to make a 7gal pre-boil volume (7 gal because my BK loses A LOT in an hour). Gravity pre-boil was 1.042.
The grain came from the same shipment as my last couple of batches, which all had identical grinds. So I don't think it was the grind.
The past three, an American Cream Ale , an American Amber Ale, and a Belgian White beer all came out with efficiencies in the 80% range. The lowest being about 81% and the highest being 88%. All using the same methods.
This one however was only 66.74% on the efficiency scale.
Due to the low efficiency, my FG was low also at 1.061 when it should have been 1.069 (the recipe has 1.5lb dark Belgian candy syrup also, if the 1.069 doesn't make sense to you)
Did I not mash long enough for these particular malts or something?
Malts are as follows
7.5lb Belgian Pale
3lb Munich
1lb Cara Munich
.25lb Special B
I mashed at 150 for 60 min with 1.25qt per lb of grain.
Then batch sparged at 175 with two infusions to make a 7gal pre-boil volume (7 gal because my BK loses A LOT in an hour). Gravity pre-boil was 1.042.
The grain came from the same shipment as my last couple of batches, which all had identical grinds. So I don't think it was the grind.
The past three, an American Cream Ale , an American Amber Ale, and a Belgian White beer all came out with efficiencies in the 80% range. The lowest being about 81% and the highest being 88%. All using the same methods.
This one however was only 66.74% on the efficiency scale.
Due to the low efficiency, my FG was low also at 1.061 when it should have been 1.069 (the recipe has 1.5lb dark Belgian candy syrup also, if the 1.069 doesn't make sense to you)
Did I not mash long enough for these particular malts or something?