SwampassJ
Well-Known Member
Did a pumpkin spice ale over the weekend. OG was supposed to be ~1.090 but I ended up 20points higher at 1.110. I took a 6 gallon recipe and cut it in half for 3 gallons post boil. Just wondering if the spices being in suspension could give a false reading.
Mashed in higher than recipe called for because my current mashtun is **** and loses temp fast. Pulled first runnings and boiled the freaking piss out of it for about 45-60 minutes lost track of time. Collected 2nd and 3rd runnings with enough sparge water to hit my preboil gravity for the 60 minute boil. Took a gravity sample of the chilled wort and I can't believe that I could overshoot the OG by that much.
Joie De Vivre
Spice / Holiday Beer
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
0.2 lb Rice Hulls - 50# (1.8 SRM) Adjunct 2.06 %
4.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Malteurop (1.7 SRM) Grain 41.24 %
2.00 lb White Wheat Malt (2.5 SRM) Grain 20.62 %
1.5 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 15.46 %
1 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 10.31 %
0.5 lb Melanoiden Malt (28.0 SRM) Grain 5.15 %
0.5 lb Victory Malt (28.0 SRM) Grain 5.15 %
0.25 oz Hersbucker [4.40 %] (60 min) Hops 5.6 IBU
0.50 oz Hersbucker [4.40 %] (30 min) Hops 8.7 IBU
0.75 oz Clove Spice (powder) (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
0.75 oz Nutmeg (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.50 oz Cinnamon Spice (powder) (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Scottish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1728) [Starter 1000 ml] Yeast-Ale
Mashed in higher than recipe called for because my current mashtun is **** and loses temp fast. Pulled first runnings and boiled the freaking piss out of it for about 45-60 minutes lost track of time. Collected 2nd and 3rd runnings with enough sparge water to hit my preboil gravity for the 60 minute boil. Took a gravity sample of the chilled wort and I can't believe that I could overshoot the OG by that much.
Joie De Vivre
Spice / Holiday Beer
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
0.2 lb Rice Hulls - 50# (1.8 SRM) Adjunct 2.06 %
4.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Malteurop (1.7 SRM) Grain 41.24 %
2.00 lb White Wheat Malt (2.5 SRM) Grain 20.62 %
1.5 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 15.46 %
1 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 10.31 %
0.5 lb Melanoiden Malt (28.0 SRM) Grain 5.15 %
0.5 lb Victory Malt (28.0 SRM) Grain 5.15 %
0.25 oz Hersbucker [4.40 %] (60 min) Hops 5.6 IBU
0.50 oz Hersbucker [4.40 %] (30 min) Hops 8.7 IBU
0.75 oz Clove Spice (powder) (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
0.75 oz Nutmeg (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.50 oz Cinnamon Spice (powder) (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Scottish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1728) [Starter 1000 ml] Yeast-Ale