nostalgia
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Happy Easter and Passover, brewers! Since I wasn't spending this Easter with either side of the family, I decided to brew my AHS Oktoberfest lager to lager over the summer. You may have seen my big starter thread.
I've been dialing in my PM techniques with an eye toward going AG this year. I entered the recipe into Beersmith and tried to keep track of all my volumes and gravities.
I crushed my grain with my Corona mill. BeerSmith predicted I'd have a 1.021 SG going into the kettle, I had 1.020 for a 73% efficiency. SG into the fermenter was predicted at 1.062, I got 1.061 for a 71% efficiency. Not too shabby.
I also nailed my mash-in temp, which stabilized right at 154 in the tun. Instead of adding the water to the grains I've started adding too-hot water to the mash tun then letting it come down to my strike temp. Then I add the grains in my bag. That way the temperature of the cooler doesn't affect the calculations, taking one variable out of the equation.
Just wanted to share a little excitement. My wife's eyes glaze over when I talk to her about efficiency #'s
-Joe
I've been dialing in my PM techniques with an eye toward going AG this year. I entered the recipe into Beersmith and tried to keep track of all my volumes and gravities.
I crushed my grain with my Corona mill. BeerSmith predicted I'd have a 1.021 SG going into the kettle, I had 1.020 for a 73% efficiency. SG into the fermenter was predicted at 1.062, I got 1.061 for a 71% efficiency. Not too shabby.
I also nailed my mash-in temp, which stabilized right at 154 in the tun. Instead of adding the water to the grains I've started adding too-hot water to the mash tun then letting it come down to my strike temp. Then I add the grains in my bag. That way the temperature of the cooler doesn't affect the calculations, taking one variable out of the equation.
Just wanted to share a little excitement. My wife's eyes glaze over when I talk to her about efficiency #'s
-Joe