Hey Everyone,
I have been brewing all grain for about 6 months after starting out with a few extract kits to understand the brewing process. I have been brewing a lot of IPA's and am working on some porters now as well. The beers are tasting great which I am happy about but I am always off on hitting my numbers. I recently worked with my recent batch of an IPA and really took the time to test throughout the process to see if I could locate the problem but was unsuccessful. I use beersmith, have fine tuned in my equipment with the equipment profile and usually follow the listed gravities when measuring but I am usually off. Common examples are i'm supposed to be at 1.072 and i'm at 1.055. I used brewers friend calculators to see what my efficiency is from my grain bill and it is saying between 55-60% efficiency. So here is a list of what I am using and the troubleshooting I have tried:
Equipment:
Blichmann Boliermaker G2 10 gallon
Igloo 10 gal mash tun from homebrew store with false bottom
Immersion chiller
Troubleshooting tries:
Started to get grain double crushed from homebrew store for last 3 batches
Always batch sparge but tried to rinse 2 times, let water sit with grain for 20 mins
Usually use water profile tool in berrmsith to key in water for styles
Tested Mash ph recently and used stabilizer to get to 5.0
I'm usually doing anywhere from a 60-75 min sach rest at about 148 degrees to 150 degress
Been checking pre-boil gravity and post boil gravity and numbers are usually lower then I should have (using a hydrometer and a refractometer)
This issue has been consistent since I started with all grain so I am not sure if I am missing something along the way. If more information is needed please let me know and thanks in advance.
I have been brewing all grain for about 6 months after starting out with a few extract kits to understand the brewing process. I have been brewing a lot of IPA's and am working on some porters now as well. The beers are tasting great which I am happy about but I am always off on hitting my numbers. I recently worked with my recent batch of an IPA and really took the time to test throughout the process to see if I could locate the problem but was unsuccessful. I use beersmith, have fine tuned in my equipment with the equipment profile and usually follow the listed gravities when measuring but I am usually off. Common examples are i'm supposed to be at 1.072 and i'm at 1.055. I used brewers friend calculators to see what my efficiency is from my grain bill and it is saying between 55-60% efficiency. So here is a list of what I am using and the troubleshooting I have tried:
Equipment:
Blichmann Boliermaker G2 10 gallon
Igloo 10 gal mash tun from homebrew store with false bottom
Immersion chiller
Troubleshooting tries:
Started to get grain double crushed from homebrew store for last 3 batches
Always batch sparge but tried to rinse 2 times, let water sit with grain for 20 mins
Usually use water profile tool in berrmsith to key in water for styles
Tested Mash ph recently and used stabilizer to get to 5.0
I'm usually doing anywhere from a 60-75 min sach rest at about 148 degrees to 150 degress
Been checking pre-boil gravity and post boil gravity and numbers are usually lower then I should have (using a hydrometer and a refractometer)
This issue has been consistent since I started with all grain so I am not sure if I am missing something along the way. If more information is needed please let me know and thanks in advance.