Hello everyone. I have had some very inconsistent with my all grain setup. I batch sparge, usually with a single infusion. I will mash in at 164 degrees so that my grainbed will hit 150 degrees. I then mash for 60 minutes, and stir up the mash at the 30 minute mark. I then get the initial runoff and subtract that amount from my desired boil volume. I then heat up that much water to 185 degrees, add it to the mash tun, stir it up, let it sit for 10 minutes and then run it off into my kettle. During both runoffs I always vorlouf.
I have not gotten consistent results and have no idea why. These are the recipes and expected/calculated OGs.
1: AHS Blue Moon Clone: Expected- 1.053 Got- 1.044
2: AHS Oatmeal Stout: Expected- 1.053 Got- 1.060
3. AHS Our Holiday Special Ale: Expected 1.050 Got- 1.050
4. AHS American Red ALe: Expected- 1.053 Got- 1.044
Does anyone have any ideas for why I have such wild variation? Once I hit it dead on, twice I was way under, and once I was way over.
I have not gotten consistent results and have no idea why. These are the recipes and expected/calculated OGs.
1: AHS Blue Moon Clone: Expected- 1.053 Got- 1.044
2: AHS Oatmeal Stout: Expected- 1.053 Got- 1.060
3. AHS Our Holiday Special Ale: Expected 1.050 Got- 1.050
4. AHS American Red ALe: Expected- 1.053 Got- 1.044
Does anyone have any ideas for why I have such wild variation? Once I hit it dead on, twice I was way under, and once I was way over.