Hey all,
My first post here - was hoping someone could help as this was a real downer.
My friend and I are pretty new to this and we brewed our first hefeweizen last night. We were shooting for an OG of 1.057, and it came out to be 1.032. Ouch. Here's the recipe we used:
7# American Pilsner
7# American Wheat
8 oz rice hulls
60 minute boil, 1oz Hersbrucker at 45min, Wyeast 3068.
In order to avoid a stuck mash, the guy at my homebrew shop recommended a layer of rice hulls at the bottom of the mash tun, followed by a layer of pilsner, alternating until both were used up. Then, layer the wheat on top of all that.
Mash in at 136f for 20 min.
Raise to 150f for 60 min.
Drain, sparged with 180f water.
The pot we're using is a little small (upgrading soon) so we collected about 6 gallons of wort, so a little under 5 gallons went into the fermenter. We did have one small boilover, but otherwise the boil went well.
Hopefully this is enough info...anyone have any advice?
Thanks!!
My first post here - was hoping someone could help as this was a real downer.
My friend and I are pretty new to this and we brewed our first hefeweizen last night. We were shooting for an OG of 1.057, and it came out to be 1.032. Ouch. Here's the recipe we used:
7# American Pilsner
7# American Wheat
8 oz rice hulls
60 minute boil, 1oz Hersbrucker at 45min, Wyeast 3068.
In order to avoid a stuck mash, the guy at my homebrew shop recommended a layer of rice hulls at the bottom of the mash tun, followed by a layer of pilsner, alternating until both were used up. Then, layer the wheat on top of all that.
Mash in at 136f for 20 min.
Raise to 150f for 60 min.
Drain, sparged with 180f water.
The pot we're using is a little small (upgrading soon) so we collected about 6 gallons of wort, so a little under 5 gallons went into the fermenter. We did have one small boilover, but otherwise the boil went well.
Hopefully this is enough info...anyone have any advice?
Thanks!!