mangine77
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Hello,
I just tried to brew Yooper's clone of the Dogfish Head 60 minute. OG was supposed to be 1.070 and I hit 1.054. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm brewing all-grain with a 10 gallon rubbermaid and doing batch sparges.
So I have two questions:
1.) What is the most likely reason that I missed this gravity?
I did multiple batch sparges but I think next time I'm just going to do one big batch sparge to see if that's what is wrong. I was following Beersmith which suggested 3 separate sparges. Where else am I losing this much efficiency?
2.) What steps should I take at this point to try and salvage this beer and get it close to a Dogfish 60 minute? I continued to pitch extra yeast even though I didn't hit the high gravity, so that I could add DME if I needed to.
Should I go get some DME and add it? How much?
I would really appreciate some help on this one.
I just tried to brew Yooper's clone of the Dogfish Head 60 minute. OG was supposed to be 1.070 and I hit 1.054. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm brewing all-grain with a 10 gallon rubbermaid and doing batch sparges.
So I have two questions:
1.) What is the most likely reason that I missed this gravity?
I did multiple batch sparges but I think next time I'm just going to do one big batch sparge to see if that's what is wrong. I was following Beersmith which suggested 3 separate sparges. Where else am I losing this much efficiency?
2.) What steps should I take at this point to try and salvage this beer and get it close to a Dogfish 60 minute? I continued to pitch extra yeast even though I didn't hit the high gravity, so that I could add DME if I needed to.
Should I go get some DME and add it? How much?
I would really appreciate some help on this one.