earlyd
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I just finished my second AG batch:rockin: This one took around 6 hours because I did a fly sparge. I just purchased a new Barley Crusher and WOW; my efficiency went from 64% to 78%. The beer I made was a Bells Best Brown clone. I made a yeast starter from a few bottles of Best Brown earlier in the week, and there was all kinds of active fermentation 12 hours after brewing. The one problem I had was that my OG was 4 points too low. I think that this is because I may have over sparged and did not boil down enough. I started with 7 gallons of wort and boiled down to 6 gallons. The recipe I used called for 5.5 gallons at the end. One question I had is that it looks like there is a lot more trub in the carboy now then there is with extract brewing. Is this normal with AG batches? I did use Irish moss the last 15 minutes of the boil. Also what is the best way to strain out pellet hops? I use a strainer but it still looks like there are still a lot of hops making it into carboy. Any feed back would be appreciated.
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