Hey, all....
I'm brewing again after five years of drinking out of a bottle!
I'm in the middle of my second five gallon batch today and I find myself wondering what kind of starting gravity to expect... For the first batch this morning I mashed 8 lbs of pale malt from Williams, plus about 3/4 lb of other malts. Temp 152-146 over two hours, ph at the start of about 5.5. I came out with a gravity of 50, and about 4.5 gallons. SG seems a bit low to me but maybe things have changed in the world of malt. I used to get really good conversion rates (I think)...
Anyway, any feedback would be great!
Thanks a lot, and BTW, what a great website!
jp
I'm brewing again after five years of drinking out of a bottle!
I'm in the middle of my second five gallon batch today and I find myself wondering what kind of starting gravity to expect... For the first batch this morning I mashed 8 lbs of pale malt from Williams, plus about 3/4 lb of other malts. Temp 152-146 over two hours, ph at the start of about 5.5. I came out with a gravity of 50, and about 4.5 gallons. SG seems a bit low to me but maybe things have changed in the world of malt. I used to get really good conversion rates (I think)...
Anyway, any feedback would be great!
Thanks a lot, and BTW, what a great website!
jp