I made a rye pa and it went fairly well
10lbs American pale 2 row
2lbs rye
1lb crystal 40
1lb rice hulls.
I mashed at 152.5 for 60 mins and here's where things got funky. I left a thermometer in the tun (10 gallon cooler) and when I opened it, it read 155. (Strike water of 166 and 4.7 gals). I also took a digital temp of 145. I'm guessing hot and cold spots, so I didn't stir it well enough. I batch sparged with 4.3 gallons at 167 didn't take temp reading after stirring the sparge water in. Then I neglected to let it sit for 10mins or so, as well as stirring it after I sparged sufficiently. Ha...I also neglected to take my SG and the OG was taken from the bottom of my bottling bucket I drained the wort into. I used a refractometer, however I legitimately forgot to take both readings. I pitched my starter into 72 deg wort and it fermented quickly with a smallish krausen. I took a reading and my OG is at 1.012 today and I brewed on Sunday....is it even worth keeping the beer? I know...have patience etc...however I don't want to wait 6 weeks for crappy beer.
10lbs American pale 2 row
2lbs rye
1lb crystal 40
1lb rice hulls.
I mashed at 152.5 for 60 mins and here's where things got funky. I left a thermometer in the tun (10 gallon cooler) and when I opened it, it read 155. (Strike water of 166 and 4.7 gals). I also took a digital temp of 145. I'm guessing hot and cold spots, so I didn't stir it well enough. I batch sparged with 4.3 gallons at 167 didn't take temp reading after stirring the sparge water in. Then I neglected to let it sit for 10mins or so, as well as stirring it after I sparged sufficiently. Ha...I also neglected to take my SG and the OG was taken from the bottom of my bottling bucket I drained the wort into. I used a refractometer, however I legitimately forgot to take both readings. I pitched my starter into 72 deg wort and it fermented quickly with a smallish krausen. I took a reading and my OG is at 1.012 today and I brewed on Sunday....is it even worth keeping the beer? I know...have patience etc...however I don't want to wait 6 weeks for crappy beer.