davebl
Well-Known Member
I did my second all grain on Sunday, an American Wheat kit from AHS. I had a few issues towards the end with the volumes.
I know from my first AG, that if I start with 7 gallons preboil, my final volume will be 5.5 gallons. The AHS instructions said to not run off more than 6.25 gallons total before boiling, and end up with a 5.25 gallon final volume.
So, I followed their instructions (they have never let me down after the numerous PM and extract kits I have done) and ended up with 4.5ish gallons of wort. If I would have followed by normal 1.25qt/pound mash and 2qt/pound sparge my volumes would have been right.
I was also 4 gravity points higher on the OG than the recipe, which I assumed was the missing .75 gallons of volume.
I went ahead and pitched one packet of Safale 06 Wheat Ale yeast, fermentation was going within about 5 hours... then 2 days later nothing. The wort looks like the color of straw and its so hazy you can't see any trub or sludge settleing to the bottom. I have made about 15 beers and never seen wort so cloudy like this.
So... I was alright on missing the volume, but now the color has me nervous. I bought more ingredients for a Litehaus Wheat batch which I'll do tomorrow with my own calculations.
Any thoughts?
Dave
I know from my first AG, that if I start with 7 gallons preboil, my final volume will be 5.5 gallons. The AHS instructions said to not run off more than 6.25 gallons total before boiling, and end up with a 5.25 gallon final volume.
So, I followed their instructions (they have never let me down after the numerous PM and extract kits I have done) and ended up with 4.5ish gallons of wort. If I would have followed by normal 1.25qt/pound mash and 2qt/pound sparge my volumes would have been right.
I was also 4 gravity points higher on the OG than the recipe, which I assumed was the missing .75 gallons of volume.
I went ahead and pitched one packet of Safale 06 Wheat Ale yeast, fermentation was going within about 5 hours... then 2 days later nothing. The wort looks like the color of straw and its so hazy you can't see any trub or sludge settleing to the bottom. I have made about 15 beers and never seen wort so cloudy like this.
So... I was alright on missing the volume, but now the color has me nervous. I bought more ingredients for a Litehaus Wheat batch which I'll do tomorrow with my own calculations.
Any thoughts?
Dave