Southern_Junior
Well-Known Member
So this weekend i started off my all grain career to lofty goals. Granted these were my first two batches ever, i was really not expecting much out of them. However, there are some areas i feel that I can improve with others help.
First, my set up is a three level, all stainless steel kettle rig with a 12" stainless false bottom.
First batch, Caramel amber ale. I felt that things were going all wrong and that i had royally effed up. however my gravity ended up being decent. However, my final volume was super low. I sparged with roughly 7.5 gallons. after my boil, I only got 4. what was the issue here???
my second batch was a rye pale ale. The brew was going flawlessly. I thought i was having a great day, till i racked to the fermenter and only had about 4.2 gallons!!! this beer started with roughly 8.5 gallons of sparge! where did i mess up? on a seperate note, my final gravity was supposed to be roughly 1.045. I only got 1.032 after the boil. thats a huge discrepancy... Is that beer done?
First, my set up is a three level, all stainless steel kettle rig with a 12" stainless false bottom.
First batch, Caramel amber ale. I felt that things were going all wrong and that i had royally effed up. however my gravity ended up being decent. However, my final volume was super low. I sparged with roughly 7.5 gallons. after my boil, I only got 4. what was the issue here???
my second batch was a rye pale ale. The brew was going flawlessly. I thought i was having a great day, till i racked to the fermenter and only had about 4.2 gallons!!! this beer started with roughly 8.5 gallons of sparge! where did i mess up? on a seperate note, my final gravity was supposed to be roughly 1.045. I only got 1.032 after the boil. thats a huge discrepancy... Is that beer done?