MikeRLynch
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
We did our first PM last night, following the instructions from the American Clone Brews book. Our one problem was that our grains weren't cracked, we ended up using a rolling pin and elbow grease to crush them. I thought we got them fairly well ground, but I could be wrong.
When it was all said and done, our OG 1.03 when adjusted for temp. We then boiled 3 lbs of light DME and added that to our cooling wort, which brought it up to 1.045 (our target).
Anyone know what went wrong? I'm pretty sure we kept our temp correct while mashing, (153 degrees) for 90 min. Other than the grain cracking problem, everything else went according to the directions.
Thanks guys!
mike
We did our first PM last night, following the instructions from the American Clone Brews book. Our one problem was that our grains weren't cracked, we ended up using a rolling pin and elbow grease to crush them. I thought we got them fairly well ground, but I could be wrong.
When it was all said and done, our OG 1.03 when adjusted for temp. We then boiled 3 lbs of light DME and added that to our cooling wort, which brought it up to 1.045 (our target).
Anyone know what went wrong? I'm pretty sure we kept our temp correct while mashing, (153 degrees) for 90 min. Other than the grain cracking problem, everything else went according to the directions.
Thanks guys!
mike