Sweetchuck
Well-Known Member
I'm wondering if I could have miscalculated here, but is my efficiency getting better?
Brewed two batches today. First a pale ale.
9lbs 2-row
1lb Caramel #20
Drew off a 6 gallon batch and read a sample at 130 degrees @ 1.030 Added 1.013 for the temperature and divided that sum by .833 to convert to a boiled down 5 gallon batch. That left me with an OG of 1.053 or something like that.
Felt ok about that, then I brewed a porter next.
9lbs 2-row
.5lbs caramel #10
.5lbs chocolate
.5lbs roasted barley
.25lbs black patent
Drew off a sample, same math and it came to 1.062
The porter batch - the wort seemed stickier, when sparging and all that you get a few splashes here and there, very sticky.
The other thing was the grain bed in the lauter. It packed in there - moreso than my first several batches (and the previous). Took a while for the liquor to work it's way through.
One other thing I was careful with both batches (moreso with the second batch) was grain crushing. My wife caught this - she noticed that some of the grains in the porter batch weren't crushed all the way so I ran it through again.
Any insight would be appreciated. What did I do right here?
Brewed two batches today. First a pale ale.
9lbs 2-row
1lb Caramel #20
Drew off a 6 gallon batch and read a sample at 130 degrees @ 1.030 Added 1.013 for the temperature and divided that sum by .833 to convert to a boiled down 5 gallon batch. That left me with an OG of 1.053 or something like that.
Felt ok about that, then I brewed a porter next.
9lbs 2-row
.5lbs caramel #10
.5lbs chocolate
.5lbs roasted barley
.25lbs black patent
Drew off a sample, same math and it came to 1.062
The porter batch - the wort seemed stickier, when sparging and all that you get a few splashes here and there, very sticky.
The other thing was the grain bed in the lauter. It packed in there - moreso than my first several batches (and the previous). Took a while for the liquor to work it's way through.
One other thing I was careful with both batches (moreso with the second batch) was grain crushing. My wife caught this - she noticed that some of the grains in the porter batch weren't crushed all the way so I ran it through again.
Any insight would be appreciated. What did I do right here?