I took the dive and brewed my first all grain batch a couple of weeks ago. My plan was to replicate one of my favorite milk stouts. I did single infusion light body batch sparge. My pre boil gravity was a little low (probably because I had a few dough balls) so I bumped it up with some DME. Here is the grain bill I used:
7 lbs Vienna Malt
14 oz Roasted Barley 520 SRM
12 oz Carmel Malt 60L
12 oz Chocolate Malt 350 SRM
12 oz Munich Malt
10 oz Flaked Barley
8 oz Flaked Oats
1 lbs Lactose (last 10 min of boil)
0.34 oz Magnum hops 60 min
1.1 oz EKG hops 10 min
2 pkg US-05
Here is the issue: First Brix reading was 15.2 or 1.062 SG. I racked into the secondary (15 days later) and got a Brix of 9.9 or 1.023 SG. I know it won't change much in the secondary. My question is that too high of a reading for a F.G.? I figured I would hit around 1.010 but I was wrong. Any help is appreciated. Cheers!
Jason
7 lbs Vienna Malt
14 oz Roasted Barley 520 SRM
12 oz Carmel Malt 60L
12 oz Chocolate Malt 350 SRM
12 oz Munich Malt
10 oz Flaked Barley
8 oz Flaked Oats
1 lbs Lactose (last 10 min of boil)
0.34 oz Magnum hops 60 min
1.1 oz EKG hops 10 min
2 pkg US-05
Here is the issue: First Brix reading was 15.2 or 1.062 SG. I racked into the secondary (15 days later) and got a Brix of 9.9 or 1.023 SG. I know it won't change much in the secondary. My question is that too high of a reading for a F.G.? I figured I would hit around 1.010 but I was wrong. Any help is appreciated. Cheers!
Jason