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Gotcha. Ok I think I’ll definitely try a longer Sparge next time the . Maybe switch up my Sparge arm some. It doesn’t work very well at low water velocity

Well not my first, it’s my fourth all grain brew. I’m just new to it and learning everything from scratch. But this is my first IPA. Most other beers I’ve brewed I’ve been in the 1.05-1.03 range for OG (on purpose)

Ok yea that’s a good idea. And yea I was kinda thinking that was fast. I think I need to adjust my valves or something because it seems like they are either pouring out or dripping, no in between.

I crushed it at the LHBS but I crushed it myself and haven’t heard of anyone else having an issue with the grain mill. But that could be part of the reason maybe. I didn’t measure ph....that’s my next step in improving my process. And I just bought the hydrometer because my other one broke so I...

This is what I use

I have one of those sprinkler heads coming off my HLT. Not sure what the technical term is for it but it’s part of the Northern Brewer all grain kit. It seems to do a relatively good job of dispersing the water and not disturbing the grain bed.

I should add, I also did an iodine test at the end of the mash to see if starch conversion was completed and it passed.....

There was a little wort left over in the mash tun but I’m wondering if maybe I used too much Sparge water that led to that? Not sure about the channeling....none that I noticed anyways. And my goal was 153 for mash temp but It wavered between 146-152 for most of the mash. I don’t have individual...

I found the recipe online so maybe there was something wrong with the recipe, but being off by more Than 20 points makes me think it was user error haha

And the 1.045 was right before I tossed it in the fermenter, so about 65 degrees.

9lbs pale ale, 3lbs Vienna malt, .25lbs caramel malt 80L.

I had about 7 gallons of wort before boiling And about 5.5 gallons of wort after boiling and cooling. And 5oz of hops in boil.

I’ve just switched to all grain after about five successful extract brews and I love it. However, I think my mash efficiency is way off and I need help. I just brewed an all grain American IPA that was supposed to have an OG of 1.067 but ended up with an OG of 1.045. I had 12.25 lbs of grain, 4...