farny
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I did a double brew yesterday as my 3rd and 4th batch. 3rd batch was the white house honey porter as a kit from morebeer. Brew went well but ended up boiling off more than planned to I ended up with an OG of 1.072. The recipe says its should be between 1.054-1.059. Im worried that the yeast I pitched (WL California Ale) won't be able to keep up since I didn't make a starter.
Second issue was with my second batch, I researched for a while and made a recipe for a witbier.
Recipe:
5lbs American 2 row
4lbs Torrified Wheat
1lb Flaked Oats
.5lb Carapils
.5lb rice hulls
Saaz- 1 ounce boil, 1 ounce aroma
Bitter Orange peel and Corriander seed
White labs Belgian Wit Ale yeast.
LHBS told me that the torrified wheat did not need to be cracked which I thought was weird. Also my inexperience had the original grain as belgian 2 row which now I know would not have provided enough diatastic power. The receipt said it was american 2 row luckily but there was no way of knowing if that was a receipt error. I didn't pick up the grains I had my girl friend pick them up for me.
So brew results ended up with a pre boil gravity of 1.010 and an OG of 1.032. Far from what it should have been. Im confused on what could have gone wrong. Any advice?
Thanks for the great forum! Ive been laying low around here and reading all that I could. So far my first two all grains have been excellent!
Second issue was with my second batch, I researched for a while and made a recipe for a witbier.
Recipe:
5lbs American 2 row
4lbs Torrified Wheat
1lb Flaked Oats
.5lb Carapils
.5lb rice hulls
Saaz- 1 ounce boil, 1 ounce aroma
Bitter Orange peel and Corriander seed
White labs Belgian Wit Ale yeast.
LHBS told me that the torrified wheat did not need to be cracked which I thought was weird. Also my inexperience had the original grain as belgian 2 row which now I know would not have provided enough diatastic power. The receipt said it was american 2 row luckily but there was no way of knowing if that was a receipt error. I didn't pick up the grains I had my girl friend pick them up for me.
So brew results ended up with a pre boil gravity of 1.010 and an OG of 1.032. Far from what it should have been. Im confused on what could have gone wrong. Any advice?
Thanks for the great forum! Ive been laying low around here and reading all that I could. So far my first two all grains have been excellent!