Any Way to Salvage This?

[vsavatar]

I made the fatal mistake of letting my LHBS convert an all grain recipe to partial mash for me instead of doing the calcs myself. He gave me 6 lbs of LME plus 5 lbs of grain. That should have sent up a red flag right there. I didn't think much of it though, but now my dry stout with only 1 oz of 8.00 bullion is measuring a SG of 1.065. Is there any way to salvage this thing so it's remotely drinkable?

 

[LovesIPA]

You're going to provide a lot more details, including the complete recipe.

 

[vsavatar]

Very well, here's the recipe

6 lbs pale LME
3 lbs pale 2 row (UK)
1 lb flaked barley
.75 lb roasted barley
.25 lb chocolate malt
1 oz. Bullion 8AA hops (bittering)
WLP004 Irish Ale yeast (no starter, because I wasn't planning on a 1.065 OG)
8 oz Maltodextrin (guess I didn't need this did I?)

Mashed grains for 1 hour between 150-153F
Soaked in 180F (grain dropped the temperature to about 168F) water for 15 minutes to rinse
Boil time 60 minutes

 

[LovesIPA]

Ok, so my first question is what is the OG you were expecting? At 80% efficiency, I get an OG of 1.066 with 5.25 gallons in the boil kettle with those grains.

What do you think is wrong?

 

[helibrewer]

That grain bill is equivalent to about 9.75 lbs of just 2-row

 

[DSorenson]

As far as I can tell, there is nothing to salvage because that will be a great beer.

 

[vsavatar]

FG is 1.021. I'm going to bottle it tomorrow, but the beer out of the test jar tastes somewhat interesting. I wish I had added a bit more roasted malt in place of some of the pale though. It could have used a bit more roast, but it should still be a good beer, and hopefully will have an even better flavor in a few weeks.