RRBrewer
Member
I just brewed my first All Grain batch this past weekend. It was a Pale Ale kit from Midwest Supplies. I pretty much followed the instructions that came with the kit but I have a few questions.
1. When the 60 minutes of the mash was up, should I have drained all the liquid from the mash tun and sparged it back over the grain bed before adding any of the 170 degree sparge water?
2. I started with 4 gal in the mash. I sparged with 5.5 gal. Once I had collected my 7 gallons in the boil kettle, there was still some liquid left in the lauter tun. Was that supposed to happen?
3. My OG was in the range I was told to expect but the wort after the boil had a "grainy" smell to it. Is that indication of some screw-up?
1. When the 60 minutes of the mash was up, should I have drained all the liquid from the mash tun and sparged it back over the grain bed before adding any of the 170 degree sparge water?
2. I started with 4 gal in the mash. I sparged with 5.5 gal. Once I had collected my 7 gallons in the boil kettle, there was still some liquid left in the lauter tun. Was that supposed to happen?
3. My OG was in the range I was told to expect but the wort after the boil had a "grainy" smell to it. Is that indication of some screw-up?