So after a little over a year of brewing with LME I decided to switch/expand over to all grain. Ive already done one batch a couple weeks ago but not wanting to wait over a month to sample the product I decided to brew a second batch.
Both times everything went smoothly and no issues to really speak of. In fact I had a buddy over and I think he now will be converting from the LME method to all grain.
Im looking for a little confirmation that my Efficiency calculation is correct, in my rush the first batch I did not record my readings.
Heres what I used/recorded
10lbs 2-Row
1.5lbs crystal 75
Mashed with 3.83 gallons at 152F for 60 minutes, collected about 1.8 gallons and sparged with 5.5 gallons to get a total of 7.3 gallons pre-boil.
7.3 gallons at 140F, took an hydrometer reading of 1.029 converted to account for the higher timp to get a true reading of 1.044.
So using an online calculator Ide input
Pre-boil Gravity 1.044
2-row, 10lbs fermentable 1
Crystal 75, 1.5lbs fermentable 2
Pre-boil wort amt 7.3gal
To get an efficiency of 74.52%, and 27.93 points/pound
???????? ok I think I did it all correctly, now the only question is 74.52% a good number or bad? In school 70% usually got me a talking from the parrents about not living up to my potential are C's in beer brewing bad??
Both times everything went smoothly and no issues to really speak of. In fact I had a buddy over and I think he now will be converting from the LME method to all grain.
Im looking for a little confirmation that my Efficiency calculation is correct, in my rush the first batch I did not record my readings.
Heres what I used/recorded
10lbs 2-Row
1.5lbs crystal 75
Mashed with 3.83 gallons at 152F for 60 minutes, collected about 1.8 gallons and sparged with 5.5 gallons to get a total of 7.3 gallons pre-boil.
7.3 gallons at 140F, took an hydrometer reading of 1.029 converted to account for the higher timp to get a true reading of 1.044.
So using an online calculator Ide input
Pre-boil Gravity 1.044
2-row, 10lbs fermentable 1
Crystal 75, 1.5lbs fermentable 2
Pre-boil wort amt 7.3gal
To get an efficiency of 74.52%, and 27.93 points/pound
???????? ok I think I did it all correctly, now the only question is 74.52% a good number or bad? In school 70% usually got me a talking from the parrents about not living up to my potential are C's in beer brewing bad??