CentralFLBrewer
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Hello All,
Today I had my first all grain brew day. Everything went great except I over shot my pre boil volume by about 1.5 gallons thus missing my OG number by about 1 point 1.052 vs 10.62. I used Brew 365 to calculate the numbers.
Pre Boil = 6.37 Gal
Batch = 5 Gal
Grain Bill =12lbs
Mash Thickness = 1.5 qtr per pound
Grain Absorption = .13 gla/lb
Mash Water = 4.5 gallons = 3.6 in the bucket
Sparge Water = 4.43 this is where it went wrong I filled my bucket plus another 1.50 I think I had probably around 4.4 gallons vs 3.6 since the grains were wet.
Basically I produced produced about 8 gallons of wort.. on about 9 gallons of water. I have measured and re measured and my numbers are on. I have a 9 gallon brew kettle so I ended up tossing out about 1.5 gallons. Help?
So I need less mash out water I am thinking. Where do I need to adjust?
Today I had my first all grain brew day. Everything went great except I over shot my pre boil volume by about 1.5 gallons thus missing my OG number by about 1 point 1.052 vs 10.62. I used Brew 365 to calculate the numbers.
Pre Boil = 6.37 Gal
Batch = 5 Gal
Grain Bill =12lbs
Mash Thickness = 1.5 qtr per pound
Grain Absorption = .13 gla/lb
Mash Water = 4.5 gallons = 3.6 in the bucket
Sparge Water = 4.43 this is where it went wrong I filled my bucket plus another 1.50 I think I had probably around 4.4 gallons vs 3.6 since the grains were wet.
Basically I produced produced about 8 gallons of wort.. on about 9 gallons of water. I have measured and re measured and my numbers are on. I have a 9 gallon brew kettle so I ended up tossing out about 1.5 gallons. Help?
So I need less mash out water I am thinking. Where do I need to adjust?