mtmartin2005
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We made our first all grain batch on April 19th. We have already made 3 5 gal extract kits that haven't turned out the best, but are definitely drinkable. After reading that a lot of the extract kits were hit and miss, we decided to go all grain. We used a pale ale recipe that I found online. Bought all the ingredients from our LHBS, and got the guy to crush the grains for us since we don't have one yet. I built a mash tun from a 10 gal water cooler, and it worked great. Our OG ended up at 1.062 @ 72 F with roughly 5.25 gal. We made a yeast starter before the boil was done, following the instructions on the pack. Aerated the wort and stirred in the starter. Within 24 hrs the wort went wild. We had to take out the air lock and put a blow off tube in. The wort stayed withing 68-73 F for the first week. We lost about 0.25 gal of the wort through the blow off tube. This past Saturday we transferred the wort to the secondary and took a gravity reading. Ended up with 1.008. By my calculation we are at 7% alcohol. Tasted what was used to take a gravity reading and it tasted good except it didn't seem like there was enough hop flavor. The recipe called for 0.75 oz of northern brewer for 60 mins, and 0.75 willamette for the last 10 mins. I still have 0.25 oz of each hops that I vacuumed sealed, and was wondering if it would be a good idea to add those to the secondary this sat to help with the hop flavor? This is the first time that we have had such a low FG. Should there be anything to be concerned about? Oh, and the recipe called for a target OG of 1.052. We had over 5 gal after the boil and still at 1.062. How does that happen?