I have an issue regarding my latest brew attempt a Three Floyds Alpha King clone. Heres the bill:
12 lbs. - 2 Row Pale Malt (Rahr)
1 lb. - Crystal Malt (60L)
1/4 lb. - Special B Malt
1/8 lb. - Melanoidin Malt
1 oz - Centennial (60 min.)
1/2 oz - Warrior (30 min.)
1 oz - Cascade (15 min.)
1.5 oz - Centennial (5 min.)
1 oz - Centennial (Dry Hop)
1 oz - Columbus (Dry Hop)
White Labs California Ale Yeast (WLP001) - 1800 ml starter
I plugged this in to Beersmith and was looking at an OG estimate of 1.073. Well, I missed the OG pretty significantly coming in at 1.050. I added 3/4 lbs of DME (it's all I had on hand) to get up to 1.053. I thought I did the mash to perfection, but still didnt get the extraction that I was hoping for. My grain is from a supplier that pre-milled it and I even went as far as to give it a rolling pin work over just to try to help max out extraction. I mashed for an hour hitting my temp of 150 right on the nose. I batch sparged with 170 degree water letting it rest for 10 min before draining. Im just utterly puzzled at how I missed my OG by so much. Any ideas? Im perplexed.
12 lbs. - 2 Row Pale Malt (Rahr)
1 lb. - Crystal Malt (60L)
1/4 lb. - Special B Malt
1/8 lb. - Melanoidin Malt
1 oz - Centennial (60 min.)
1/2 oz - Warrior (30 min.)
1 oz - Cascade (15 min.)
1.5 oz - Centennial (5 min.)
1 oz - Centennial (Dry Hop)
1 oz - Columbus (Dry Hop)
White Labs California Ale Yeast (WLP001) - 1800 ml starter
I plugged this in to Beersmith and was looking at an OG estimate of 1.073. Well, I missed the OG pretty significantly coming in at 1.050. I added 3/4 lbs of DME (it's all I had on hand) to get up to 1.053. I thought I did the mash to perfection, but still didnt get the extraction that I was hoping for. My grain is from a supplier that pre-milled it and I even went as far as to give it a rolling pin work over just to try to help max out extraction. I mashed for an hour hitting my temp of 150 right on the nose. I batch sparged with 170 degree water letting it rest for 10 min before draining. Im just utterly puzzled at how I missed my OG by so much. Any ideas? Im perplexed.