So, I brewing up a pale ale for my first all grain brew.
The recipe is:
9 lbs Pale 2 row
1 lb Cara munich 40 l
.5 dextrine
1 oz perle-60 min
1 oz cascade-10 min
1 oz cascade- o
So I heat up my strike water and add to my grains. The mash temp is 159 so I leave it for 1 hour. I keep thinking that the mash looks a bit like oatmeat, and not fluid enough? The water added to the mash was 13 qts. So I let it sit for an hour. Once that is done the temp is 156, so no big deal with the temp. But, when I vorlauf I get not even two gallons of wort from the first runnings The recipe calls for 5.25 sparge water. So I had barely three gallons in the boil kettle. But, the calculations call for a 6.4 boil volume. What gives? I'm I a ****ing idiot or I'm I missing something as far as how much water to add? All the temps and volumes were calculated using beersmith at 1.25 qt/lb.The temps I was trying to get were hit but nowhere near the boil volume. I am i doing somthing wrong with Beersmith?
Thanks in advance.
I'm quite disappointed in my first all grain and I haven't gotten to the boil yet.....
The recipe is:
9 lbs Pale 2 row
1 lb Cara munich 40 l
.5 dextrine
1 oz perle-60 min
1 oz cascade-10 min
1 oz cascade- o
So I heat up my strike water and add to my grains. The mash temp is 159 so I leave it for 1 hour. I keep thinking that the mash looks a bit like oatmeat, and not fluid enough? The water added to the mash was 13 qts. So I let it sit for an hour. Once that is done the temp is 156, so no big deal with the temp. But, when I vorlauf I get not even two gallons of wort from the first runnings The recipe calls for 5.25 sparge water. So I had barely three gallons in the boil kettle. But, the calculations call for a 6.4 boil volume. What gives? I'm I a ****ing idiot or I'm I missing something as far as how much water to add? All the temps and volumes were calculated using beersmith at 1.25 qt/lb.The temps I was trying to get were hit but nowhere near the boil volume. I am i doing somthing wrong with Beersmith?
Thanks in advance.
I'm quite disappointed in my first all grain and I haven't gotten to the boil yet.....