Snikwad1020
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With my 1st batch of all grain I didn't get a water report, I didn't make any adjustments and I ended up with a pretty good beer. My efficiency was fairly low at around 65%, so I got a water report with the following results
pH 7.3
TDS Est 200
EC 0.33
Cations 3.1
Anions 3
Sodium 34
Calcium 20
Magnesium 6
Potassium 2
Total Hardness 75
Nitrate 1.4 (SAFE)
Sulfur 10
CO3 < 1.0
HCO3 72
Chloride 38
Total Alkalinity 59
I used palmers spreadsheet to work out some adjustments for a wheat that I made this weekend with a target RA of -41. I added 6ml of Lactic Acid and 2 grams of gypsum to my mash and sparge water which was a total of 13 gallons. I went through my normal steps of a 60 minute mash and batch sparging. I screwed up my batch sparge in that I didn't stir the water in, but just let it sit for a few minutes before draining off. The result was 12 gallons of 1.020 wort and I just want to make sure that it wasn't the additions that I made to the water, but rather my botched technique that caused the super low level of efficiency.
I plan to rescue this brew today by pulling off 5 gallons of the yield and boiling with 3lbs of pils DME and 3lbs wheat DME to get me back in the 1.050 range. I will then pitch some new yeast and hopefully have a good beer in the end.
Thanks in advance for your help!
n00b to all grain
pH 7.3
TDS Est 200
EC 0.33
Cations 3.1
Anions 3
Sodium 34
Calcium 20
Magnesium 6
Potassium 2
Total Hardness 75
Nitrate 1.4 (SAFE)
Sulfur 10
CO3 < 1.0
HCO3 72
Chloride 38
Total Alkalinity 59
I used palmers spreadsheet to work out some adjustments for a wheat that I made this weekend with a target RA of -41. I added 6ml of Lactic Acid and 2 grams of gypsum to my mash and sparge water which was a total of 13 gallons. I went through my normal steps of a 60 minute mash and batch sparging. I screwed up my batch sparge in that I didn't stir the water in, but just let it sit for a few minutes before draining off. The result was 12 gallons of 1.020 wort and I just want to make sure that it wasn't the additions that I made to the water, but rather my botched technique that caused the super low level of efficiency.
I plan to rescue this brew today by pulling off 5 gallons of the yield and boiling with 3lbs of pils DME and 3lbs wheat DME to get me back in the 1.050 range. I will then pitch some new yeast and hopefully have a good beer in the end.
Thanks in advance for your help!
n00b to all grain