jjayzzone
Well-Known Member
Ya, it's 2 a.m., and i've finished my first all grain. I am exhausted. It makes it twice as difficult with a toddler trying to "help."
Everything seems to have gone wrong, but ended up right, lol. I guess we'll see in about four weeks! I brewed a Hefeweizen;
5 lbs 2 row
5 lbs wheat
2 oz saaz 2.8% (half for full boil, half for finishing)
1 oz. hallertauer Hersbrucker 2.7% (full boil)
1 pkg. American Hefeweizen Ale (white labs #WLP320)
So, I heard that you increase the temp by a few degrees when adding the mash water. I added 1 1/4 qt per lb of grain. Added at 160, but the temp after mixing was 140. I added some hot water to try to bump it up a bit, but didn't work out so well.....as you all probably know.
Upon sparging, I added 1/2 gallon per pound, and added it at 175 degrees. Once again, after mixing, I was in the high 150s.
There's two muff-ups!
Next, after arriving home from the brew store (an hour away), I realized I had no hop-socks. Nice. So, I bought a pair of tea balls (not tee-balls...I called my mother to see if she had one I could borrow....she thought I was referring to tee-balls). So, i hopped the wort with tea-balls. I thought there's be enough room for one ounce to expand in each. NOPE! Inside was dry. I pulled the hops out, then put some of it back into the balls. I ended up hopping with about an ounce and a half instead of two ounces, and split the 1 oz. of finishing hops into the two balls.
I also boiled down to five gallons.
After all this, my OG ended up being 1.04. I don't know how to calculate efficiency yet, nor do I want to try to learn at this hour
The trial version of beersmith that I have estimated a 1.05 OG, with the style typically being 1.044-1.048. Well, I missed the target, but came reasonably close to where it should be anyways.
I guess we'll see how it tastes in a month or so. I'm going to have nightmares tonight (or this morning) about AG brewing.
Thanks for reading, and let me know what the crap I did so wrong!
Everything seems to have gone wrong, but ended up right, lol. I guess we'll see in about four weeks! I brewed a Hefeweizen;
5 lbs 2 row
5 lbs wheat
2 oz saaz 2.8% (half for full boil, half for finishing)
1 oz. hallertauer Hersbrucker 2.7% (full boil)
1 pkg. American Hefeweizen Ale (white labs #WLP320)
So, I heard that you increase the temp by a few degrees when adding the mash water. I added 1 1/4 qt per lb of grain. Added at 160, but the temp after mixing was 140. I added some hot water to try to bump it up a bit, but didn't work out so well.....as you all probably know.
Upon sparging, I added 1/2 gallon per pound, and added it at 175 degrees. Once again, after mixing, I was in the high 150s.
There's two muff-ups!
Next, after arriving home from the brew store (an hour away), I realized I had no hop-socks. Nice. So, I bought a pair of tea balls (not tee-balls...I called my mother to see if she had one I could borrow....she thought I was referring to tee-balls). So, i hopped the wort with tea-balls. I thought there's be enough room for one ounce to expand in each. NOPE! Inside was dry. I pulled the hops out, then put some of it back into the balls. I ended up hopping with about an ounce and a half instead of two ounces, and split the 1 oz. of finishing hops into the two balls.
I also boiled down to five gallons.
After all this, my OG ended up being 1.04. I don't know how to calculate efficiency yet, nor do I want to try to learn at this hour
The trial version of beersmith that I have estimated a 1.05 OG, with the style typically being 1.044-1.048. Well, I missed the target, but came reasonably close to where it should be anyways.
I guess we'll see how it tastes in a month or so. I'm going to have nightmares tonight (or this morning) about AG brewing.
Thanks for reading, and let me know what the crap I did so wrong!