Ok so I have brewed about 8 batches of extract and all turned out great. So I decided to try my hand at a my first all grain batch...wheat. It has 5.5 lbs 2-row, 1 lbs munich malt, 4 lbs wheat malt, and .5 lbs rice hull. 9 grams of magnum 1st wort hop.
I had 3 gal mash temp of 152 for 60 min, 3 gal batch sparge 152 for 10 min, 3 gal batch of 158 for 5 min
60 min boil
10 min left I added 12 grams centennial and 1 tbsp irish moss
Flame out I added 26 grams centennial
It took about 20 min to bring wort down to 70*
my Og was 1008
I think the issue was my grain wasn't crushed properly. I noticed the next day what crushed grains look like and mine where not crushed. I got them from my local brew shop but he just opened and dosen't crush grains. So I used a rolling pin to crush grains and even though I thought I did a good job I think after seeing properly crushed grains that I may have only had 10-20 % crushed.
So that night I tried to add more sugar into the wort before pitching my yeast and but instead of adding sugar I added 4.4 of fresh watermelon and 1.2 lbs of fresh cherries. After doing this my OG went to 1020
I pitched the yest and put it in my controlled fridge and set it at 64*
That was July 21st. It's stayed in there till Aug 6. Then cranked fridge down to 44* and waited for the everything to settle out. Now today Aug 11 I pulled it out ready to prime it and bottle it. I got a final gravity of 1002. I took a drink of it and it taste awful. So I put it back in the fridge and figured I would ask for advice.
I realize now that if I would have just used some DME after that first OG reading that I could have saved myself some heart ace. Now I'm just wondering if it will taste better after carbonating (however I doubt it since it has a funky taste...almost a sour fruit taste and bitter but not a good bitter.
I have some left over Magnum hops and a little 2-row, wheat, and rice hull left. I thought I could try and brew a little more wort and try and re ferment this with the added wort.
Sorry so long... This is my first post on here. Thanks for any help.
I had 3 gal mash temp of 152 for 60 min, 3 gal batch sparge 152 for 10 min, 3 gal batch of 158 for 5 min
60 min boil
10 min left I added 12 grams centennial and 1 tbsp irish moss
Flame out I added 26 grams centennial
It took about 20 min to bring wort down to 70*
my Og was 1008
I think the issue was my grain wasn't crushed properly. I noticed the next day what crushed grains look like and mine where not crushed. I got them from my local brew shop but he just opened and dosen't crush grains. So I used a rolling pin to crush grains and even though I thought I did a good job I think after seeing properly crushed grains that I may have only had 10-20 % crushed.
So that night I tried to add more sugar into the wort before pitching my yeast and but instead of adding sugar I added 4.4 of fresh watermelon and 1.2 lbs of fresh cherries. After doing this my OG went to 1020
I pitched the yest and put it in my controlled fridge and set it at 64*
That was July 21st. It's stayed in there till Aug 6. Then cranked fridge down to 44* and waited for the everything to settle out. Now today Aug 11 I pulled it out ready to prime it and bottle it. I got a final gravity of 1002. I took a drink of it and it taste awful. So I put it back in the fridge and figured I would ask for advice.
I realize now that if I would have just used some DME after that first OG reading that I could have saved myself some heart ace. Now I'm just wondering if it will taste better after carbonating (however I doubt it since it has a funky taste...almost a sour fruit taste and bitter but not a good bitter.
I have some left over Magnum hops and a little 2-row, wheat, and rice hull left. I thought I could try and brew a little more wort and try and re ferment this with the added wort.
Sorry so long... This is my first post on here. Thanks for any help.