mangine77
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Ok, I'm going to try and explain what I think went wrong and see if I have any idea what I'm talking about.
I did an all grain blonde ale this morning. Supposed to hit 1.040, I hit 1.031. Worst efficiency I've ever had. The only thing I can think of is this.
I did a 3 round batch sparge. It was early this morning and at the last minute I thought that I hadn't pulled enough water the night before, so while my second batch sparge was sitting, I started heating 1 extra gallon of sparge water, just in case.
When I added the rest of the water I already had heated, I realized I had plenty of water for my sparge, and the MLT now had a lot of water in it.
So when I got to my pre-boil volume in the kettle, there was a lot of water left in the tun and usually there isn't much left when I reach pre-boil volume.
So all I can think of is could I have diluted the wort badly on the 3rd batch sparge and because I was only able to collect some of what was left, could this have messed with the efficiency?
I did everything else the same and this was a pretty easy all grain batch. 9.5 pounds of grain.
Ideas?
I did an all grain blonde ale this morning. Supposed to hit 1.040, I hit 1.031. Worst efficiency I've ever had. The only thing I can think of is this.
I did a 3 round batch sparge. It was early this morning and at the last minute I thought that I hadn't pulled enough water the night before, so while my second batch sparge was sitting, I started heating 1 extra gallon of sparge water, just in case.
When I added the rest of the water I already had heated, I realized I had plenty of water for my sparge, and the MLT now had a lot of water in it.
So when I got to my pre-boil volume in the kettle, there was a lot of water left in the tun and usually there isn't much left when I reach pre-boil volume.
So all I can think of is could I have diluted the wort badly on the 3rd batch sparge and because I was only able to collect some of what was left, could this have messed with the efficiency?
I did everything else the same and this was a pretty easy all grain batch. 9.5 pounds of grain.
Ideas?