Tomahawk
Active Member
I fired up my single tier keggle system for the first time yesterday. I brewed a 5gal Celebration clone with 13lbs of grain. I had an issue with mash that has lead to low efficiency.
I was having trouble maintaining mash temp in the 40deg day so I engaged the pump with inline temp probe and fired up the burner whan needed to keep it stable.
The inlet (under the false bottom) got clogged. Dammit!! The only thing I could think of was to dump the contents into my trusty retired 10gal cooler with bazooka screen.
I was able to maintain proper mash temp for the rest of the process.
Here's the problem, my actual preboil gravity was 1.035 (1.041 predicted) and my post boil gravity was 1.047 (1.064 predicted).
When I cleaned the problematic mash tun I found 1-2lbs of grain UNDER the false bottom.
Questions:
1) The beer is currently fermenting. Can I do something to get the ABV back to IPA range (add belgian sugar or boiled malt?)
2) Could my OG 1.047 reading be inaccurate? I mean, I was only 0.006 off in of the preboil gravity(1.035/1.041) . Why after boil am I 0.017 off (1.047/1.064)? That doesn't seem linear.
3) Is it wise to use a keggle tun in 40deg temps?
4) Is it wise to engage recirc pump while stiring mash to maintain temp?
This sucks....and I don't want to repeat.
I was having trouble maintaining mash temp in the 40deg day so I engaged the pump with inline temp probe and fired up the burner whan needed to keep it stable.
The inlet (under the false bottom) got clogged. Dammit!! The only thing I could think of was to dump the contents into my trusty retired 10gal cooler with bazooka screen.
I was able to maintain proper mash temp for the rest of the process.
Here's the problem, my actual preboil gravity was 1.035 (1.041 predicted) and my post boil gravity was 1.047 (1.064 predicted).
When I cleaned the problematic mash tun I found 1-2lbs of grain UNDER the false bottom.
Questions:
1) The beer is currently fermenting. Can I do something to get the ABV back to IPA range (add belgian sugar or boiled malt?)
2) Could my OG 1.047 reading be inaccurate? I mean, I was only 0.006 off in of the preboil gravity(1.035/1.041) . Why after boil am I 0.017 off (1.047/1.064)? That doesn't seem linear.
3) Is it wise to use a keggle tun in 40deg temps?
4) Is it wise to engage recirc pump while stiring mash to maintain temp?
This sucks....and I don't want to repeat.