Hello I am getting back into brewing after a 10 year hiatus. Things have changed a little bit, mostly terms and technology, and I am a little confused in the area of gravity readings.
Please review the below list and kindly comment/correct on anything I have wrong
Original gravity is the gravity of the wort after mashing. Hitting this number tells the brewer when mashing is complete, usually 30 minutes to an hour. The reading is taken from the first debris-clear runnings from the mash vessel using 60F wort.
Final gravity is the gravity of the beer after fermenting. The reading is taken from debris-clear beer from the fermentation vessel at 60F. Hitting the target number means you are done fermenting.
Here is where I get really confused:
The gravity on the final runnings of complete sparging is called ??? Hitting 1.008 gravity at 60F means sparging is complete. Or, some brewers merely sparge until the wort runs clear, right?
The gravity of the blended wort (all sparge runnings mixed together) before boiling is called ??? Where should this number be in relation to the original gravity? This is also measured at 60F.
The gravity of the blended wort (all sparge runnings mixed together) after boiling is called ??? Where should this number be in relation to the original gravity? This is also measured at 60F
Thanks!
Tom B.
Please review the below list and kindly comment/correct on anything I have wrong
Original gravity is the gravity of the wort after mashing. Hitting this number tells the brewer when mashing is complete, usually 30 minutes to an hour. The reading is taken from the first debris-clear runnings from the mash vessel using 60F wort.
Final gravity is the gravity of the beer after fermenting. The reading is taken from debris-clear beer from the fermentation vessel at 60F. Hitting the target number means you are done fermenting.
Here is where I get really confused:
The gravity on the final runnings of complete sparging is called ??? Hitting 1.008 gravity at 60F means sparging is complete. Or, some brewers merely sparge until the wort runs clear, right?
The gravity of the blended wort (all sparge runnings mixed together) before boiling is called ??? Where should this number be in relation to the original gravity? This is also measured at 60F.
The gravity of the blended wort (all sparge runnings mixed together) after boiling is called ??? Where should this number be in relation to the original gravity? This is also measured at 60F
Thanks!
Tom B.