argodzilla
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So a couple Saturdays ago my buddy and I attempted our first all grain brew. We drank a lot of beer while we were brewing and this caused some problems. We hit all our beer smith numbers for a 10 gallon batch of Mosiac Imperial Pale Ale up to pre boil. We did the starch test and found no starch before we drained the wort into the boil kettle. We batch sparged, and had about 12.5 gallons of pre boil wort. I kind of went off the rails a little here and my recollection is cloudy. He boiled with the Blichmann lid on the BK. After boil he said the gravity was 1.022. We pitched the yeast on about 11 gallons. We should have had 10 gallons. By boiling with the cover on, I feel like we diluted our beer. My plan is to rack some off in a few days and taste it. At that point I will have a choice of drinking near beer, or adding some extract to bring up the ABV.
Any suggestions? Maybe brew again real soon to put the first brew behind us?
Thanks guys...I think we have decided to drink less while we brew.
Any suggestions? Maybe brew again real soon to put the first brew behind us?
Thanks guys...I think we have decided to drink less while we brew.