Bairdman
Member
Hey guys,
I just brewed a wit yesterday with equal parts American 2-row and torrified wheat, and 1lb flaked oats. The crush looked fine, and I used a simple mash with batch sparge. the grain bill was 9.5lbs, and I mashed for an hour at about 155 with 4gal, then sparged with 4 more gallons @ 177 or so. Beersmith said my O.G. should have been 1.052, but The reading I took after brewing only came to 1.036! I mashed with about a half gallon more than it said to to raise the temperature a little, and made up for it with a little less sparge water. My intended mash temp was 152. What went wrong? Needless to say, I'm pretty frustrated. Thanks in advance for any help!
I just brewed a wit yesterday with equal parts American 2-row and torrified wheat, and 1lb flaked oats. The crush looked fine, and I used a simple mash with batch sparge. the grain bill was 9.5lbs, and I mashed for an hour at about 155 with 4gal, then sparged with 4 more gallons @ 177 or so. Beersmith said my O.G. should have been 1.052, but The reading I took after brewing only came to 1.036! I mashed with about a half gallon more than it said to to raise the temperature a little, and made up for it with a little less sparge water. My intended mash temp was 152. What went wrong? Needless to say, I'm pretty frustrated. Thanks in advance for any help!