jrodder
Well-Known Member
So this is a head scratcher. I haven't brewed in a year, but this is really crazy even for maybe being rusty. I realize I screwed up on using a 6 gallon for the batch and not 5.5, and end of boil volume was 7.3 and not 7 as it should have been.
14lbs - pale 2-row
12oz - crystal 40
8oz. - carapils
2oz. - acid malt
batch size - 6 gallons
boil size - 8.32 (ended up with 8.5)
estimated OG 1.06
I use a 70 quart cooler for the tun, keggle for boil and sparge water heating.
I measured gravity after the single batch sparge, I swear it read 1.040 at 110 degrees. I adjusted for temperature and it said that's 1.046, so really only .002 off of what beersmith said my preboil should be. (1.048)
So not bad I'm thinking. I boil down, end up around between 7.25 and 7.5 in the kettle. pull off a cooled sample and measure gravity... it's 1.044! How in the heck is that even possible? I went ahead and boiled up some DME to add in and fix it, but I must be missing something major. I did BIAB and hit numbers every time. I also crushed my own grains for the first time, crush looked good as far as I can tell. No feeler gauges handy, I went with a '2' gap on a Millars Mill 2 rollers.
Is this a math fail?
14lbs - pale 2-row
12oz - crystal 40
8oz. - carapils
2oz. - acid malt
batch size - 6 gallons
boil size - 8.32 (ended up with 8.5)
estimated OG 1.06
I use a 70 quart cooler for the tun, keggle for boil and sparge water heating.
I measured gravity after the single batch sparge, I swear it read 1.040 at 110 degrees. I adjusted for temperature and it said that's 1.046, so really only .002 off of what beersmith said my preboil should be. (1.048)
So not bad I'm thinking. I boil down, end up around between 7.25 and 7.5 in the kettle. pull off a cooled sample and measure gravity... it's 1.044! How in the heck is that even possible? I went ahead and boiled up some DME to add in and fix it, but I must be missing something major. I did BIAB and hit numbers every time. I also crushed my own grains for the first time, crush looked good as far as I can tell. No feeler gauges handy, I went with a '2' gap on a Millars Mill 2 rollers.
Is this a math fail?