Hi guys,
Just did my second brew of a Berliner yesterday and I have a couple questions. It's also my fifth all grain brew so that's also been a bit challenging itself.
I used 6# 2-row, and 6# German wheat. They might be off a little but it came out perfect last time with the same grain. For bugs I had a handful of grain, a tiny bit of liquid from some yogurt, and had that sitting out for a few days until a nice pellicle formed and the smell was very sour.
On brew day I heated my 4 gal to 160* and had my BIAB started. I steeped for 45 min then sparged and added water to make my 5.5 gal. Tested the OG at a temp of 110 and got 1.048.
My "planned" OG was 1.058. I calculated my efficiency to 59%. Should I be steeping for longer? Throwing a boil in? I'm still new to the BIAB and have been trying to get more points in the brews.
Mike
Just did my second brew of a Berliner yesterday and I have a couple questions. It's also my fifth all grain brew so that's also been a bit challenging itself.
I used 6# 2-row, and 6# German wheat. They might be off a little but it came out perfect last time with the same grain. For bugs I had a handful of grain, a tiny bit of liquid from some yogurt, and had that sitting out for a few days until a nice pellicle formed and the smell was very sour.
On brew day I heated my 4 gal to 160* and had my BIAB started. I steeped for 45 min then sparged and added water to make my 5.5 gal. Tested the OG at a temp of 110 and got 1.048.
My "planned" OG was 1.058. I calculated my efficiency to 59%. Should I be steeping for longer? Throwing a boil in? I'm still new to the BIAB and have been trying to get more points in the brews.
Mike