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mw20 · Jan 25, 2009

I just f-up bigtime. Doing my first 10 gallon batch. My damn bucket that I was collecting first runnings in fell over, lost about 3 gallons. Can somebody tell how much dme to add to get my numbers right. I guess I need to know how much dme for each point of sg. Thanks!

sirsloop · Jan 25, 2009

impossible to say cause the amount of sugars in the first running are not fixed. Best bet is to continue sparging, take a gravity reading preboil, and work the numbers that way. Either that or you're making a pale ale! HAH! Good luck.

mw20 · Jan 25, 2009

It actually is a pale ale. Now extra pale! I'll post as soon as I have some preboil numbers and see if anyone has any suggestions.

bbrim · Jan 25, 2009

Just figure out your gravity points (starting gravity x volume). Then when you measure your preboil gravity multiply by your volume. This will tell how many gravity points you've collected. However many points you are short by just add DME to fill that void. you get 38-40 points per pound of DME.

mw20 · Jan 25, 2009

I just got up to preboil volume and according to beersmith, I'm right where I should be. I'm not sure I trust the numbers but maybe I got lucky and had better efficiency than usual.

mw20 · Jan 25, 2009

This beer is going to be extremely light. My number preboil were dead on with beersmith. After boil I'm at 1.036 should be at 1.053. WTF!

zac · Jan 25, 2009

can you add some grain to the mash & re-mash for a little while, then start the sparge over?

ask in chat too.

mw20 · Jan 25, 2009

zac said:
can you add some grain to the mash & re-mash for a little while, then start the sparge over?

ask in chat too.

It's already been boiled and is now in the carboys. I just can't figure out how my preboil and post boil numbers were so off.

zac · Jan 25, 2009

no worries then, im 100% sure it will be beer. no worries at all.

*dont tell anybody but I have never used a hydrometer*

mw20 · Jan 25, 2009

Yeah, I'll drink it , just trying to learn from my mistakes.

zac · Jan 25, 2009

from a fellow Virginian, if you need help, just let me know.

mw20 · Jan 25, 2009

zac said:
from a fellow Virginian, if you need help, just let me know.

Thanks man, I really appreciate that!

zac · Jan 25, 2009

I wont even make any UVa jokes at your expense, I promise.

mw20 · Jan 25, 2009

Make all the UVA jokes you want, I dropped out of VCU after 2 semesters. But that was 20 years ago so screw it.

zac · Jan 25, 2009

well hell, I was hoping to ruffle some feathers.

Cheers, dude, I'm in Farmville every May, so I'll look you up. Legends?

mw20 · Jan 25, 2009

Yeah man, that would be cool. PM me when your gonna be around. If you're gonna be in Farmville, I can bring my boat and we could hit Briery Creek lake, freakin' huge bass!

zac · Jan 25, 2009

I will, Join us in chat right now? Its the little button that says chat at the top of the page....

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