Salanis
Well-Known Member
Brew day for batch three, a saison. This was my first batch using a modified online recipe, as opposed to the pre-measured packs the HBS has. This was also my first partial mash at home.
Siphoning it out of my brew pot, there was about 1 1/2" of hops muck on the bottom, almost 1/2 gallon that I couldn't use.
I'm wondering if I messed something up, or if maybe there's a trick where I can recover a bit more of my wort. Maybe I over-hopped. I added a bit over 3oz of hops (tasting the wort from my SG vial, it seemed good). Or maybe because I was using grain bags, I left a bunch of floaty crud behind.
I did give the beer plenty of time to settle everything out.
I suppose I could use a hop bag, but that seems like it wouldn't get as good of extraction. Alternately, I might add a bit more of my topping up water to the brewpot before siphoning, so what is left behind is more dilute, and less valuable.
All figured, I should be okay. My O.G. was just a shade under my target 1.058 instead of 1.060. So, it will just be a bit more refreshing and less hefty saison.
Siphoning it out of my brew pot, there was about 1 1/2" of hops muck on the bottom, almost 1/2 gallon that I couldn't use.
I'm wondering if I messed something up, or if maybe there's a trick where I can recover a bit more of my wort. Maybe I over-hopped. I added a bit over 3oz of hops (tasting the wort from my SG vial, it seemed good). Or maybe because I was using grain bags, I left a bunch of floaty crud behind.
I did give the beer plenty of time to settle everything out.
I suppose I could use a hop bag, but that seems like it wouldn't get as good of extraction. Alternately, I might add a bit more of my topping up water to the brewpot before siphoning, so what is left behind is more dilute, and less valuable.
All figured, I should be okay. My O.G. was just a shade under my target 1.058 instead of 1.060. So, it will just be a bit more refreshing and less hefty saison.