Dirt_McGirt
"We got food stamps. Glad to get the food stamps."
I've been doing extract and partial mashes for my first 8 batches, but have been anxious to go AG. So even given my small boil kettle (5.75G), I decided to try a scaled down 3.5 gallon Maris Otter / Citra SMaSH.
Brew session went smoother than most - no unexpected hiccups and nailed my mash pH and temp. I also discovered what a godsend fermcap is when you have so little headspace in the kettle, like me.
What really shocked me was my gravity reading - it was .013 higher than BeerSmith predicted. Entering my measured grav and volume in, it told me I was at 88.8% efficiency! :rockin:
So question: Is this just gravy and I should take it into account next time, or is there such a thing as the process being too efficient?
Brew session went smoother than most - no unexpected hiccups and nailed my mash pH and temp. I also discovered what a godsend fermcap is when you have so little headspace in the kettle, like me.
What really shocked me was my gravity reading - it was .013 higher than BeerSmith predicted. Entering my measured grav and volume in, it told me I was at 88.8% efficiency! :rockin:
So question: Is this just gravy and I should take it into account next time, or is there such a thing as the process being too efficient?