car421
Well-Known Member
So finished my first all grain yesterday and as I predicted I messed up a little. End result I have ~5 gallons of a Wheat beer in the carboy with active fermentation, but my efficiency was terrible.
The first mistake I made was putting all 4 gallons into my preheated Mash tun. After adding the grains my temp dropped to ~145. That surprised me as the water was at 170, but it was a bit cold outside and I had to use another pot to transfer the water. Had to add another gallon to bring temp up to 152 for a total of 5 gallons, 1 more than calculated.
Batch sparged with 4 gallons as I got 3.5 gallons from the mash and finished with 7.25 gallons which was my target. Tun held temp for the hour but missed my pre-boil target gravity by .011.
Boiled for 1 hr and had a gravity reading of 1.037 with a target of 1.050. 1.5 lbs of light DME helped me hit 1.054.
Looks like my efficiency was ~54%?
The first mistake I made was putting all 4 gallons into my preheated Mash tun. After adding the grains my temp dropped to ~145. That surprised me as the water was at 170, but it was a bit cold outside and I had to use another pot to transfer the water. Had to add another gallon to bring temp up to 152 for a total of 5 gallons, 1 more than calculated.
Batch sparged with 4 gallons as I got 3.5 gallons from the mash and finished with 7.25 gallons which was my target. Tun held temp for the hour but missed my pre-boil target gravity by .011.
Boiled for 1 hr and had a gravity reading of 1.037 with a target of 1.050. 1.5 lbs of light DME helped me hit 1.054.
Looks like my efficiency was ~54%?