seattlejohn
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Seattle Homebrewers:
I brewed my first all grain batch with grain I milled at the Cellar Homebrew shop. I got terrible extraction (really terrible). The sign on the mill said to use the 'drip' setting for 2 row. I'm pretty sure my mash was perfect in terms of water quantity and temperature. I am going to brew again this weekend. I want to know if I can mill 2 row at the Cellar on the 'fine' setting. I don't know enough to just eyeball the grain after it is crushed. Should I run it through the 'drip' setting twice instead of once through the 'fine' setting? OR, should I just pay more and mill at Bob's? I have been hoping my hydrometer was off but it looks like I will be drinking a 3% super-bitter IPA in a month, I wish I had taken a pre-boil gravity so I could have dumped a few # of corn suger in the boil kettle. I was so sure that the wort was right on because the color was beautiful. Oh well, I welcome the challenge of AG. I want to make progress with my 2nd AG . . . and yes I am relaxing with a homebrew.
I brewed my first all grain batch with grain I milled at the Cellar Homebrew shop. I got terrible extraction (really terrible). The sign on the mill said to use the 'drip' setting for 2 row. I'm pretty sure my mash was perfect in terms of water quantity and temperature. I am going to brew again this weekend. I want to know if I can mill 2 row at the Cellar on the 'fine' setting. I don't know enough to just eyeball the grain after it is crushed. Should I run it through the 'drip' setting twice instead of once through the 'fine' setting? OR, should I just pay more and mill at Bob's? I have been hoping my hydrometer was off but it looks like I will be drinking a 3% super-bitter IPA in a month, I wish I had taken a pre-boil gravity so I could have dumped a few # of corn suger in the boil kettle. I was so sure that the wort was right on because the color was beautiful. Oh well, I welcome the challenge of AG. I want to make progress with my 2nd AG . . . and yes I am relaxing with a homebrew.