collarcitybrew
Member
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2014
- Messages
- 11
- Reaction score
- 0
I just did my first AG brew this weekend and it went well. But I do have a question. I put the recipe in BeerSmith and it said I'd need about 8 gals of water to reach my Pre-Boil volume of 6 gals, 4.25 in the mash and about 3.8 for the sparge. I ended up with about 1.25 gals of wort in the mash tun after I collected my 6 gals. My pre-boil gravity was about 10 points low and I think I got very poor efficiency. I hit all the numbers for temp that BeerSmith gave me. I've also gone back and used different calculators and it looks like I had the right amount of water. What happened?
I'm sure this is just a noobe thing that happens but I'd like to nip it in the butt!
11 lbs of Grain
Mash temp 155
Sparge water temp 168.
Thanks All!
I'm sure this is just a noobe thing that happens but I'd like to nip it in the butt!
11 lbs of Grain
Mash temp 155
Sparge water temp 168.
Thanks All!