Ondori
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Yesterday I brewed my first wheat AG brew. It was 50% wheat, and I did add some rice hulls to avoid a stuck sparge. Sparging was not an issue. I did run into an issue when I batch sparged though. I over shot my water because I thought it would still absorb a bit. This demolished my efficiency for a 7 gallon boil, so I did an extra long boil. Boiled a gallon off and added the rest from my batch sparge. My OG came out a little high. My efficiency was about 83%. I was supposed to be at 1.050 and I ended up at 1.058, so it didn't end up as bad as it could have lol
Will the longer boil affect my beer negatively though? And when I batch sparge, do I just add the amount of water needed to hit my boil size? It didn't seem like there was any grain absorbtion, which makes sense since the grains were already saturated. 1 too many Rasputins and Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stouts lol
Will the longer boil affect my beer negatively though? And when I batch sparge, do I just add the amount of water needed to hit my boil size? It didn't seem like there was any grain absorbtion, which makes sense since the grains were already saturated. 1 too many Rasputins and Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stouts lol