mtbaesl
Well-Known Member
So, last night I was brewing a spice ale - pretty simple grain bill of 9 lb pale, 0.5 lb crystal, 0.5 lb victory (with orange peel and coriander) - and when I went to start sparging, I got the big nothing when I opened the valve. SOB! So I had to empy out the lauter tun, perge all my valves etc, then put everything back, bla bla bla. So I have 2 questions:
1) Will this have any effect on the finished product, and if so what can I expect. My efficiency was still around 80-85%, and I was actually above target gravity both before and after boil.
2) Any suggestions on preventative measures. I'm not sure why this happened, maybe my stirring of the mash was too vigorous. I use a 10 G Igloo cooler with false bottom. The only thing I did differently yesterday was to add water to the tun, then grain (usually I add grain then water - I'm assuming that doesn't matter). Then mashed like usual, and did a mash out.
I'm still pleased with how things turned out, and am confident it will be a good beer, but what a pain in the ass! Anything I can learn to help not have this happen again would be great!
1) Will this have any effect on the finished product, and if so what can I expect. My efficiency was still around 80-85%, and I was actually above target gravity both before and after boil.
2) Any suggestions on preventative measures. I'm not sure why this happened, maybe my stirring of the mash was too vigorous. I use a 10 G Igloo cooler with false bottom. The only thing I did differently yesterday was to add water to the tun, then grain (usually I add grain then water - I'm assuming that doesn't matter). Then mashed like usual, and did a mash out.
I'm still pleased with how things turned out, and am confident it will be a good beer, but what a pain in the ass! Anything I can learn to help not have this happen again would be great!