Snafu
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Ok the brew day has started. AG Irish Red. Wish me luck, updates to follow. :rockin:
yep, taking pics. Just added first round of hops, 1oz fuggles, ad a bit of a problem during the sparge, tube came off during all te stirring, but got that fixed. pre-boil gravity ended up .041 I was aiming for .051 so I could have done better wit the sparge but I'll see where I ended up with final gravity.
Yeah, as we say over at camaroz28.com TTIWWOP! (This thread is worthless without pics)
Yeah, as we say over at camaroz28.com TTIWWOP! (This thread is worthless without pics)
Congrats on your first AG! Feels good doesn't it?
I can't really tell from the picture, but are you fly sparging?
Where was your grain crushed? What was your water:grain ratio?
I agree, the snafu with the false bottom probably cost you some points, but I am not sure how many, since your mash was already complete.
Yah, I know about the mashout and grain bed temp. BUT, I used to never mash out and my grain bed was 150F MAX and I still got 78% eff. So I beleive that you can lose a few points with a low grain bed temp during the sparge, but not say 20 points.
It is just a guess but your crush looks a bit too coarse, if you have your own crusher you may want to consider tightening down the clearance.
Is that a glass of water I see in the second pic??? Replace that with a nice homebrew and I'm sure your efficiency will jump 20 points!
I was thinking the same thing, its a new Barley Crusher, factory set, but I may tighten it up a little.
When you do make the plunge into crushing your own, if you go with a Barley Crusher at factory setting you will know what to expect for efficency since that is what we use.
Ed
Ok, yesterday (3 days) in the primary and the ferment has all but stopped. Is this normal with using a starter or the fact its AG? For the first 2 days it looked like boiling water in there, now I'm only getting a bubble every now and then. It has a nice sized yeast cake in the bottom also. Should I go ahead and rack to the secondary? Take a gravity reading? I'm used to seeing good action alot longer than this. Oh and the temp stayed a little high the first 24hrs (74ish) but since then its been 68-70.
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