digphish
Well-Known Member
So this is my second parital mash attempt. The first was a hefe that went well. I over shot my gravity and came out at 1.062. So I tried "hophead's" Flat Ass Tired--fat tire clone. However, I needed to convert his recipe to partial mash. Here is what he called for:
6lb 2-row
2lb amber malt
1lb munich
.5lb biscuit
.25lb 10L
.25 40L
.25 special roast
I converted it to:
4.2lbs extra light dme (figured 6-lb 2 row + 1lb amber = 7lbs grain x .6= 4.2lb dme)
1lb Amber
1lb munich
.5lb biscuit
.25lb 10L
.25 40L
.25 special roast
So following death brewer's parital mash instructions, I used 1.25qt/lb which came to about 1 Gallon. I mashed at 152 for 60 minutes, then sparged in 2 gallons of 170 degree water for 10 minutes. drained and combined worts and brought to boil. Brewed as usual with hop additions at 60 min, 30 min, 15 min, 5 min. At 15 minutes I also added irish moss and the DME. Cooled wort to 72 and put in my glass carboy (which is the first time using glass). Added about 2.5 Gallons of cool water to bring the total volume to 5.25 G. I then shook it as well as I could and pulled a sample that showed 1.030. Thinking that this was way low, I shook the carboy again, and pulled and got 1.030. Did I do something wrong? Was it the recipe? Or do you think that most of the wort sunk to the bottom of the carboy, and the beer is probably around 1.050? If the latter is the case, why can't I get a good reading any more? I used to have no problems getting accurate readings, but it seems like lately I have been having issues with my gravity.
BTW, it is bubbling along nicely 8 hours later!
Thanks for any and all feedback.
6lb 2-row
2lb amber malt
1lb munich
.5lb biscuit
.25lb 10L
.25 40L
.25 special roast
I converted it to:
4.2lbs extra light dme (figured 6-lb 2 row + 1lb amber = 7lbs grain x .6= 4.2lb dme)
1lb Amber
1lb munich
.5lb biscuit
.25lb 10L
.25 40L
.25 special roast
So following death brewer's parital mash instructions, I used 1.25qt/lb which came to about 1 Gallon. I mashed at 152 for 60 minutes, then sparged in 2 gallons of 170 degree water for 10 minutes. drained and combined worts and brought to boil. Brewed as usual with hop additions at 60 min, 30 min, 15 min, 5 min. At 15 minutes I also added irish moss and the DME. Cooled wort to 72 and put in my glass carboy (which is the first time using glass). Added about 2.5 Gallons of cool water to bring the total volume to 5.25 G. I then shook it as well as I could and pulled a sample that showed 1.030. Thinking that this was way low, I shook the carboy again, and pulled and got 1.030. Did I do something wrong? Was it the recipe? Or do you think that most of the wort sunk to the bottom of the carboy, and the beer is probably around 1.050? If the latter is the case, why can't I get a good reading any more? I used to have no problems getting accurate readings, but it seems like lately I have been having issues with my gravity.
BTW, it is bubbling along nicely 8 hours later!
Thanks for any and all feedback.