6thGoal
Stephen
Last Sunday, I spent the better part of 5.5 hours involved in my first all grain brew day. Originally, I picked up a Old Bearded Stout (extract) recipe kit from More Beer, expecting it to be my last extract kit before moving to all grain. Ended up putting together a lauter tun and that extract recipe kit turned into an all grain. After watching a few videos and reading some articles, including Palmer's book, I felt confident to start the brew day.
The recipe had a total of 17.25 lbs. of grain, which equated to 4.74 gallons of water. The water was added to the lauter tun, unfortunately I was still in the extract brewing mindset and forget to add all the specialty grains to the lauter tun. I didn't realize this mistake until later than evening. Obviously, I missed the OG range (1.074-1.090), which came in at 1.060. I was disappointed, but unaware at the time.
I now see you can add LME or DME to increase the sugar content and get the OG closer to the recommended value. Without knowing, I continued with the brew day, chilled the wort and pitched the yeast, fementation had started. Not really sure what to expect. Assume the ABV will come in much lower than recommended.
Could this batch turn out okay, even missing the OG? What should I expect after fermentation?
The recipe had a total of 17.25 lbs. of grain, which equated to 4.74 gallons of water. The water was added to the lauter tun, unfortunately I was still in the extract brewing mindset and forget to add all the specialty grains to the lauter tun. I didn't realize this mistake until later than evening. Obviously, I missed the OG range (1.074-1.090), which came in at 1.060. I was disappointed, but unaware at the time.
I now see you can add LME or DME to increase the sugar content and get the OG closer to the recommended value. Without knowing, I continued with the brew day, chilled the wort and pitched the yeast, fementation had started. Not really sure what to expect. Assume the ABV will come in much lower than recommended.
Could this batch turn out okay, even missing the OG? What should I expect after fermentation?