Zerocool5878
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I did my third brew today. I tried very hard to track everything to get an idea of my efficiency in hopes I can tweak it or maybe adjust my grain ratio to hit my targets. I would like to learn how to figure out my mash efficiency as well as brew house. I assume I will need the FG in order to figure out the latter though
This is what I was going for Blonde Ale - Blonde Moment
My ingredients:
Grain
8.5 lbs (88.9%) — Briess Pale Ale Malt 2-Row — Grain — 3.5 °L
8 oz (5.6%) — Briess Caramel Malt 10L — Grain — 10 °L
Hops
1.15 oz (17 IBU) — Hallertauer Mittelfrueh 4.2% — Boil — 60 min
0.58 oz (2 IBU) — Hallertauer Hersbrucker 3% — Boil — 10 min
Miscs
4.9 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash
5 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash
Yeast
1 pkg — Danstar Nottingham 75%
BIAB- twice milled grain
I knew that my kettle leaves 1 gallon behind as even when i go to tip it to get more out the screen clogs and i cant get anything else anyway. I don't know how to calculate my grain to make up for this.
I started with 8 gallons of water heated to 157F to hit 152 strike water.
After mashing for 75min I pulled my bag out and squeezed it. I ended with 7.5 gallons ready for boil.
Took a reading with refractometer it was 7 brix
After 1 hr I had 6.55gal left in the kettle.
OG now 8.2 Brix
rehydrated yeast for 15 min and pitched
Thanks for any help you can offer
This is what I was going for Blonde Ale - Blonde Moment
My ingredients:
Grain
8.5 lbs (88.9%) — Briess Pale Ale Malt 2-Row — Grain — 3.5 °L
8 oz (5.6%) — Briess Caramel Malt 10L — Grain — 10 °L
Hops
1.15 oz (17 IBU) — Hallertauer Mittelfrueh 4.2% — Boil — 60 min
0.58 oz (2 IBU) — Hallertauer Hersbrucker 3% — Boil — 10 min
Miscs
4.9 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash
5 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash
Yeast
1 pkg — Danstar Nottingham 75%
BIAB- twice milled grain
I knew that my kettle leaves 1 gallon behind as even when i go to tip it to get more out the screen clogs and i cant get anything else anyway. I don't know how to calculate my grain to make up for this.
I started with 8 gallons of water heated to 157F to hit 152 strike water.
After mashing for 75min I pulled my bag out and squeezed it. I ended with 7.5 gallons ready for boil.
Took a reading with refractometer it was 7 brix
After 1 hr I had 6.55gal left in the kettle.
OG now 8.2 Brix
rehydrated yeast for 15 min and pitched
Thanks for any help you can offer