I brewed what was supposed to be an Imperial IPA today. Using Beer Smith with the brewhouse efficiency set at 75% my recipe calculated to have a 1.082 SG. However, I ended up with 1.062 instead. Here are my grains:
5.5 gallon batch
14 lbs Rahr 2-Row Pale
2 lbs Crystal 20L
3.2 oz Chocolate 350
I mashed (1.25 qt per pound) at 148 for 60 minutes, then batch sparged for 10 minutes. Mash temps were maintained using RIMS
I boiled for 90 minutes with 1.2 oz hop additions at 90, 60, 30, 15, and flame-out.
The two things that stand out for me is that at the end of the boil I had to add about a half gallon of water to make up for the loss after squeezing as much wort out of the hop bag as I could. Also, this was my first time using the RIMS so I auto-tuned it with the grains in the MLT but didn't start the mash timer until it was finished tuning. About 15 minutes into the mash I found that it was reading about five degrees lower than the actual temp so I changed the pd value and it was fine after that.
Any ideas?
5.5 gallon batch
14 lbs Rahr 2-Row Pale
2 lbs Crystal 20L
3.2 oz Chocolate 350
I mashed (1.25 qt per pound) at 148 for 60 minutes, then batch sparged for 10 minutes. Mash temps were maintained using RIMS
I boiled for 90 minutes with 1.2 oz hop additions at 90, 60, 30, 15, and flame-out.
The two things that stand out for me is that at the end of the boil I had to add about a half gallon of water to make up for the loss after squeezing as much wort out of the hop bag as I could. Also, this was my first time using the RIMS so I auto-tuned it with the grains in the MLT but didn't start the mash timer until it was finished tuning. About 15 minutes into the mash I found that it was reading about five degrees lower than the actual temp so I changed the pd value and it was fine after that.
Any ideas?