Rammelkamp
Active Member
I just brewed my second batch, a AHS Belgian Trippel - Mini-Mash kit.
My OG was supposed to be 1.085, but it was 1.068, and I am trying to figure out why.
Extract
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2 lbs. Munich Extract
6 lbs. Pale Extract
1 lbs. Candi Sugar
Grains
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.5 lbs. Carapils
2.5 lbs Belgian Pale
Hops
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2oz. Tradition (bitter)
.5 oz Kent Golding (flavor)
.5 oz Kent Golding (aroma)
The recipe called for me to soak the grains for 45 min at 155F. I don't think that I was getting an accurate temp. reading, so I was soaking/steeping the grains at a higher temp. (maybe 200F).
Could this higher steeping temp. account for the low OG? If so, why?
Did I fail to get fermentables from the grains? If so, what did I get?
My OG was supposed to be 1.085, but it was 1.068, and I am trying to figure out why.
Extract
------------
2 lbs. Munich Extract
6 lbs. Pale Extract
1 lbs. Candi Sugar
Grains
------------
.5 lbs. Carapils
2.5 lbs Belgian Pale
Hops
--------------
2oz. Tradition (bitter)
.5 oz Kent Golding (flavor)
.5 oz Kent Golding (aroma)
The recipe called for me to soak the grains for 45 min at 155F. I don't think that I was getting an accurate temp. reading, so I was soaking/steeping the grains at a higher temp. (maybe 200F).
Could this higher steeping temp. account for the low OG? If so, why?
Did I fail to get fermentables from the grains? If so, what did I get?