I'm still pretty new to BIAB and have about 4 batches under my belt. I thought I was getting my procedure pretty dialed in and was hitting very consistent numbers with water levels and efficiency. However, I just brewed this recipe 1-Gallon Blonde Ale Recipe - BeerCraftr (scaled up to 3 gallons). My grain bill was:
6 lbs Abbey Malt, Weyermann
0.75 lbs Carabelge Malt, Weyermann
Mashed it at 148 f for 90 minutes, removed and gave the bag a good squeeze and was shocked to see the grain absorption at over twice what I had seen in previous brews, reducing my water levels by about a gallon. Additionally, after taking a gravity reading I was also down at about 1.035 instead of being at my predicted 1.045.
Any insight into what may have happened here? Was my mash too low temp for the grains I was using? Is grain absorption that different depending on the grains? I know it sounds like I just didn't get enough out of the grains after the mash but I squeezed the hell out of it same as my previous brews.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
6 lbs Abbey Malt, Weyermann
0.75 lbs Carabelge Malt, Weyermann
Mashed it at 148 f for 90 minutes, removed and gave the bag a good squeeze and was shocked to see the grain absorption at over twice what I had seen in previous brews, reducing my water levels by about a gallon. Additionally, after taking a gravity reading I was also down at about 1.035 instead of being at my predicted 1.045.
Any insight into what may have happened here? Was my mash too low temp for the grains I was using? Is grain absorption that different depending on the grains? I know it sounds like I just didn't get enough out of the grains after the mash but I squeezed the hell out of it same as my previous brews.
Any help is greatly appreciated.