Recent content by Gunnarburke

Yes, totally agree that it is probably a cumulative effect. just learned (while brewing) that my thermometer may be off up to 5-10 degrees, which is why I was worried the mash temp was too low. I think that is most likely one factor, but you also bring up a good point about the grain crush...

Thanks Sammy! Interesting. After reading your post, I do have a feeling something funky might be going on with my inputs in the software--just cant catch what it is right now. thanks for your reassurance. I will tinker around with it some more when im fresh. Im pretty confident the beer will...

Thanks Doug! I used BeerSmith for the estimate. 4 gallon strike volume 4.5 gallon fly sparge at 170 6.5 gallon pre-boil volume, 1 hr boil, 5.25 or so into fermenter. I also added .5# lactose at flameout (which I neglected to mention in the original post). I used an 83% BH efficiency number in...

Just brewed what was supposed to be an ~8% double IPA with 1.085 OG and only hit 1.065. see below for the grain bill...my only explanation is that my thermometer is too hot and my mash temp was much lower than intended (148 intended). Has anyone experienced this? 20 point miss seems insane, as...

That is normal (for me)---not sure what it is but I think it is some small amount of hop matter that floats to the surface. I wouldn't worry.