Well I should be happy that I made the jump from partial grain to all grain with my own homemade system. Everything worked fine except my starting OG was 1.050 when it should have been 1.085. I was very ambitious in attempting a 90 min Dogfish IPA clone recipe. I used 16Ibs of 2 row and 1.25Ibs of Thomas Fawcett.
My homebrew store said to mash this with 5 gallons of water at 150 degrees which I did for an hour. Then I used about 5 gallons of sparge water at 170 degrees which I trickled in as I collected the wort. Should I have collected the existing wort off first before adding the sparge water ? Could be one mistake I made. Also I collected 6.5 gals when the recipe is for 5.5Gals...Also I have read that I should have sparged for 2 hours. I think I did it in 20 mins. Any advice very welcomed on how I can improve going forward.
Thanks Dan
My homebrew store said to mash this with 5 gallons of water at 150 degrees which I did for an hour. Then I used about 5 gallons of sparge water at 170 degrees which I trickled in as I collected the wort. Should I have collected the existing wort off first before adding the sparge water ? Could be one mistake I made. Also I collected 6.5 gals when the recipe is for 5.5Gals...Also I have read that I should have sparged for 2 hours. I think I did it in 20 mins. Any advice very welcomed on how I can improve going forward.
Thanks Dan