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Alright, my latest batch is at 8 days of fermenting. I just racked to my secondary carboy yesterday in preps to bottle. However, the airlock never stopped bubbling, even now, and there is a slight krausen in the carboy. OG was at 1.081 and SG yesterday at 1.022. By my calculations it should only...

Well, I have about a quart remaining whenever I clean out my grain bed after mashing, but not much more than that. I always find it at the very botton of the grain bed. The drain valve is about 3/4" above the very bottom of the cooler, so I'm inclined to blame that more than anything. As for the...

I have a cooler that I think holds 52 quarts. There's no deadspace under the grain bed, just the empty headspace. I have a steel mesh filtration hose attached to a drainage hose/ ball valve combo. I sparge by using my Pyrex pitcher to place a quart of water at a time over the grain bed by...

I had talked to the brewmaster of Silver City Brewing about the Fat Ale they have. I liked it alot and decided to try it out now. However, 6 months was when I got the basic recipe and I lost it. I do remember most of it and incorporated it into this recipe with a few additions that looked...

I'll start another thread if I get no responses but for continuity purposes here's my most recent data: Just mashed two batches as follows- #1 5lbs Munich, 3lbs Peated, 2lbs Pilsen, .75lbs Rauche, .75lbs Pale Chocolate. #2 10lbs 2 Row. I used the aforementioned formula for max gravity along...

Have not checked the PH but all water on island comes from the same source. Water reports and others who brew specifically in my area though say that PH is fairly neutral. I might check that with strips before I brew this weekend...

I agree! Wish I knew what it was. But I'll take in-depth notes for the next brew day and ask for assistance if I still can't figure it out.

I thought I heard about that conversion thing from somewhere... but the specialty grains included are 10 lbs Munich(48%), Peated(28%), and Pilsen(18%) with 1.5 lbs including half pale choco and Rausch. Wouldn't these convert well by themselves without the 2 row? Understood that the OG should...

Like I've been saying, I confused efficiency with expected OG. I've done several different high gravity bills now, the most recent being two different IPAs. One had 19 lbs while the other had 16.5 lbs, while both had 12 lbs of 2 row. The smaller bill had an OG of 1.074 but the larger was 1.073...

Well, frankly that's what I'm trying to do. As you pointed out previously, efficiency and gravity are two seperate things. Also, that the yield from the initial mash conversion is generally more consistent compared to that obtained from sparging techniques. So, by doing two seperate batches I...

I'm leaning more towards the idea of halving my batches. I'll use just my cooler twice to compare efficiencies between the two grain beds. With a single mash I'll drain it in one pot and sparge into another. I'll combine it in the one and start the boil. Then I'll do the same with the second...

Understand all. My LHBS is all I got to crush grains at the moment. So, I'll refine my sparging to see if I can't get more out of my grains. I'll take more extensive notes my next brew day later next week and measure as directed. It's another big grain bill, though I will probably make some...

I usually add all the sparge water before stirring and draining. I do it in 4 cup intervals since that is all my pitcher holds. For this batch I actually did 2.25 gallons total twice due to the size of the grain bed. Sorry for the confusion.

Ok, so what you are saying is the formula should be the following then: maximum gravity points = (weight grain 1 in lb * potential grain 1 in pppg) / volume in gal Overall potential of my grains is 75%, or 35pppg. So, 19lbs * 35 (665) / 7 gallons of wort volume = 95. Max gravity would...

Don't know what vorloufing is but I have my cooler set up with the original drain acting as the path for draining the wort. I have a stainless-steel braided mesh, removed from a reinforced hose for plumbing, that is very good at keeping all the bits and pieces out of my wort. So, the mesh...

I did not check the first wort. I will take more measurements for my next brew to see exactly where the fowl-up in the process is. The table I was referring to is under "Determining Conversion Efficiency," Table 1. With my SG reading of 1.058 I gathered that my efficiency was 100% if my qt/lb...

I'll get more in depth with my steps then to see if it helps: 12lbs 2 Row 2.5lbs Crystal 40L 2lbs Pilsen 2.5lbs Vienna Step 1.) Bought/ crushed grains at my local homebrew store. Step 2.) Used grains after storing them in my loft at about 80-88 degrees. Step 3.) Boiled one pot (7...

Ok...did the Kaiser method and came up with the following: Measured my wort straight after the lauter and it measured 1.058. The table on the webpage indicated that I should have had a SG of 1.0622 @ 100% efficiency for the mash. I had 19lbs of grain and used 5.2 gallons of water for the...

My process is as follows: 1) boil about 10 gallons of water, or more if recommended 2) place the mash water in my cooler and stir until it reaches about 160 degrees 3) dump all grains into the water and stir constantly for about 5 minutes, or until temp reaches target (usually around 148). 4)...

I do believe I am missing something in my brewing methods. I use Brew Pal and compare it with Beer Calculus and find that my average runs about 60% efficiency. Where to start... My setup for all-grain is a standard cooler for a mashtun with a steel-mesh strainer that drains out the wort...