Jonathansmith2589
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I have brewed about 4 batches of all grains and have never had an efficiency issue until tonight. I brewed an ESB with 11.75 lbs of grain.
I had 3.5 gallons of strike water at 173 to mash at 154 then used another 2 gallons for mash out at 198 degrees to mash out in 170's and then used another 2.5 gallons to fly sparge at 168... However, tonight I noticed that my kettle did not look close to 8 gallons so I added another gallon to the wort during the boil and then added in some DME to make up for it. I brewed for 90 minutes, which I normally only brew for 60 minutes. After draining I only had 3.5 gallons of wort and was shooting for 5 gallons.. My SG was high at like 1.009.. I added in a gallon of water to get it to 1.006... What do you think my issues were, I do not normally mash out, could this have had something to do with it? Also, what issues might come of my beer for having to add a gallon to the wort and a gallon in the fermenter?I would assume that this beer is going to pretty thin? Any off flavors that I might expect from this? Any suggestions or solutions? Thanks in advance.
I had 3.5 gallons of strike water at 173 to mash at 154 then used another 2 gallons for mash out at 198 degrees to mash out in 170's and then used another 2.5 gallons to fly sparge at 168... However, tonight I noticed that my kettle did not look close to 8 gallons so I added another gallon to the wort during the boil and then added in some DME to make up for it. I brewed for 90 minutes, which I normally only brew for 60 minutes. After draining I only had 3.5 gallons of wort and was shooting for 5 gallons.. My SG was high at like 1.009.. I added in a gallon of water to get it to 1.006... What do you think my issues were, I do not normally mash out, could this have had something to do with it? Also, what issues might come of my beer for having to add a gallon to the wort and a gallon in the fermenter?I would assume that this beer is going to pretty thin? Any off flavors that I might expect from this? Any suggestions or solutions? Thanks in advance.