panicbuttonguy
Well-Known Member
So I brewed 6 batches of APA's this week and have some questions.
My SG is really low on some of them. They all used mostly the same amount of base and the same type and brands of malt. The first one I brewed I came up short on vol going into fermenter. Maybe like 4.25 total. That SG read 1.060. I increased the sparge volume to compensate for my boil off and came up with the right volume into the fermenter (5g) but the SG was like 1.040. I also had a stuck sparge on 2 of the ones that were lower.
Is there a correlation btwn sparging more and getting lower gravity?
What kind of effect is this going to have on the final product besides lower ABV?
What can I do to increase my efficiency?
Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advanced.
My SG is really low on some of them. They all used mostly the same amount of base and the same type and brands of malt. The first one I brewed I came up short on vol going into fermenter. Maybe like 4.25 total. That SG read 1.060. I increased the sparge volume to compensate for my boil off and came up with the right volume into the fermenter (5g) but the SG was like 1.040. I also had a stuck sparge on 2 of the ones that were lower.
Is there a correlation btwn sparging more and getting lower gravity?
What kind of effect is this going to have on the final product besides lower ABV?
What can I do to increase my efficiency?
Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advanced.