ehartunian
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Hi all, first post after lurking for a while. I did my first AG batch last weekend (3d batch total). It was a Liberty Cream Ale from Midwest with Wyeast smack pack. Followed directions pretty much, added irish moss at the end of the boil.
My measured gravity before I pitched was 1.042, which is what the instructions called for. My efficiency (according to calculator on Tastybrew) was 59%. That sounds low, but I got the correct OG- so does it matter?
Process:
-Mash in cooler at 158^ for an hour ( I preheated the cooler, and after stiring, 158^ was my temp- checked prior to batch sparging, and the temp was 156^ after 1hr)
-vorluaf, then drain first runnings.
-add sparge water @170^, stir, wait 10min, drain
-This gave me 6gal preboil and I had 5gal after the 1hr boil
-cool with IC, pitch yeast, clean up.
Fermentation is going fine, going to rack to secondary this weekend.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Eric
My measured gravity before I pitched was 1.042, which is what the instructions called for. My efficiency (according to calculator on Tastybrew) was 59%. That sounds low, but I got the correct OG- so does it matter?
Process:
-Mash in cooler at 158^ for an hour ( I preheated the cooler, and after stiring, 158^ was my temp- checked prior to batch sparging, and the temp was 156^ after 1hr)
-vorluaf, then drain first runnings.
-add sparge water @170^, stir, wait 10min, drain
-This gave me 6gal preboil and I had 5gal after the 1hr boil
-cool with IC, pitch yeast, clean up.
Fermentation is going fine, going to rack to secondary this weekend.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Eric