GameFreac
Active Member
This is my 3rd batch. It was an extract milk stout. I had 5-6 lbs of DME and last time I had problems getting 3 gallons of water to boil without putting the lid on so this time I just used 2 gallons.
1. It seemed like all the grains I steeped were not getting in all of the water since I only had 2 gallons. I had to move them around and put the bag upside down. Hopefully that fixed that problem.
2. My thermometer sucks. It said 155 then I when I put the grains in, it went up to 180 degrees. So I steeped at 180 for about 30 seconds then tried to get it back down to 140-155 but I'm sure that messed something up.
3. I tried to add a lot of DME at the end (a tip I've heard from you guys and other sources for extract) and it just clumped up. It would not unclump at all. I had to start the boil again for it to (mostly) go away.
4. After all was said and done, I had about 1.5 gallons of sludgy thick gooey wort. My wort chiller could not chill it because there was barely any liquid to put it in. I added 2 gallons and got it down to 70 degrees and added more water to get 5 gallons. The OG is 1.050 but I tasted it and it smelled burnt and tasted watery and meh.
Is this batch screwed or am I worrying too much?
1. It seemed like all the grains I steeped were not getting in all of the water since I only had 2 gallons. I had to move them around and put the bag upside down. Hopefully that fixed that problem.
2. My thermometer sucks. It said 155 then I when I put the grains in, it went up to 180 degrees. So I steeped at 180 for about 30 seconds then tried to get it back down to 140-155 but I'm sure that messed something up.
3. I tried to add a lot of DME at the end (a tip I've heard from you guys and other sources for extract) and it just clumped up. It would not unclump at all. I had to start the boil again for it to (mostly) go away.
4. After all was said and done, I had about 1.5 gallons of sludgy thick gooey wort. My wort chiller could not chill it because there was barely any liquid to put it in. I added 2 gallons and got it down to 70 degrees and added more water to get 5 gallons. The OG is 1.050 but I tasted it and it smelled burnt and tasted watery and meh.
Is this batch screwed or am I worrying too much?