Brewed this Centennial Blonde on Sunday:
Did the 11G AG version.
Sparged to 12.7G & boiled down to 11G after 60 min. We lost about a 1/2G to a tubing fail during chilling so we only ended up with about 9.5G split between two carboys (I assume the rest was absorbed by the hops).
We ended up with a much higher OG than what is specified in the recipe: 1.046 vs. 1.038. The only thing that we varied (not intentionally) was mashing at a slightly higher temp (154 vs. 150). Could that account for an extra 8 points? Or is the loss of volume post boil the culprit? Or something else I haven't considered?
Did the 11G AG version.
Sparged to 12.7G & boiled down to 11G after 60 min. We lost about a 1/2G to a tubing fail during chilling so we only ended up with about 9.5G split between two carboys (I assume the rest was absorbed by the hops).
We ended up with a much higher OG than what is specified in the recipe: 1.046 vs. 1.038. The only thing that we varied (not intentionally) was mashing at a slightly higher temp (154 vs. 150). Could that account for an extra 8 points? Or is the loss of volume post boil the culprit? Or something else I haven't considered?