thekage
Well-Known Member
So I have been all grain brewing for about 6 months, doing 11 batches. In not one of those have I even been close to target on gravity. I always hit my gravity when I was using extracts. Im pretty sure the issue is in my sparging.
My setup is simple, heat water on burner, hand move the water into my mash tun, dough in, let it mash for 60 minutes, vorlauf, pull the wort off, stir in my batch water, let it set for 10-15 minutes, vorlauf, drain and start boil. I have been using brew 365 calc for my calculations on my water and sparging. Is there a better calc out there? Or is it just something I'm missing in my process. It seems like I always end up with a half gallon or more extra wort and end up with low gravity and poor hop utilization. My mash tun is a square cooler with a pvc manifold.
My setup is simple, heat water on burner, hand move the water into my mash tun, dough in, let it mash for 60 minutes, vorlauf, pull the wort off, stir in my batch water, let it set for 10-15 minutes, vorlauf, drain and start boil. I have been using brew 365 calc for my calculations on my water and sparging. Is there a better calc out there? Or is it just something I'm missing in my process. It seems like I always end up with a half gallon or more extra wort and end up with low gravity and poor hop utilization. My mash tun is a square cooler with a pvc manifold.