need help first all grain brew

[sibs]

so i am mashing with way to much water i was suppose to have like 2.5 gallons
but i actually have 4.5 is there a way to save this brew or is a wash ? can i collect wart and reduce it down to the 5 gallons i need

 

[Quadrupled]

How many pounds of grain into that volume? The two outcomes are that 1. you will have less sparge water resulting in lower efficiency (or a longer boil if you use the full volume) and 2. you may have to mash longer from reducing the concentration of your enzymes.

Do not call it a loss; persevere on and call it a useful learning experience.

 

[Quadrupled]

Also, what kind of beer is this? If you have to boil longer from incorporating pilsner malt, extra sparge water isn't a bad thing.

 

[sibs]

8.75 pounds of grain total and it was a wheat beer

 

[sibs]

1lb of flaked oats
4.75lb of belgian pils malt
3lb of white wheat

 

[sibs]

i have mashed for 1 hour so far i was gonna go head a batch sparge and start the boil .... or should i mash for another hour

 

[Quadrupled]

Did you add 4.5 gallons of water, or is the volume including grains 4.5 gallons - if it's the latter, you're fine. Also, with the pils, you may want to boil longer anyway to reduce the DMS (I actually do not have a lot of pilsner malt experience, so this is regurgitation of assorted Jamil Podcasts).

One thing you may want to toss in are rice hulls if you have them since you're using the wheat; otherwise sparge cautiously.

 

[Quadrupled]

i have mashed for 1 hour so far i was gonna go head a batch sparge and start the boil .... or should i mash for another hour

If it was me, I'd go ahead and sparge. I think you're just fine - I was just trying to give you some info.

Good luck, I was like a kid at Christmas on my first AG.

 

[sibs]

i added 4.5g and been mashing for 90min now and i don't have any rice husks

 

[Quadrupled]

i added 4.5g and been mashing for 90min now and i don't have any rice husks

Again, if it was me, I wouldn't worry about any of it.

If it ends up not sparging well, just read about stuck sparges.

 

[sibs]

ty for all the help

 

[Quadrupled]

No problem - good luck.

 

[Quadrupled]

Well, how'd it go?

 

[sibs]

well after i messed up the mash i started with close to 8 gallons i boiled down to like 4 1/2
i also added a half cup of sugar and a 1% alcohol boost after all that i hit my og i wanted 1.62. its fermenting away now but i dont know what to expect taste wise i hope its not to dry

 

[jakenbacon]

I am fairly new to AG as well, but the trick I learned is add up your total water usage. For example, I found that I lose 1 gallon of water to 5 pounds of grain, I also boil off 1.5 gallons of water an hour... So, in a 10 pound-o-grain batch, that is boiled for 60 minutes, ends up resulting in 3.5 gallons of water loss (2g+1.5g). I then know that the 5.5 gallon batch I want will require 9 gallons of water, TOTAL. I have had nothing but 80% efficiency since.. Hope this helps...

 

[sibs]

wow ty

 

[sibs]

so here is the beer it cam out very well after 3 week in primary 3 weeks in bottle its about 6% very clean and over all a good wheat beer

 

[sibs]

sry dont know how to rotate