demetman
Well-Known Member
I'm an all grain brewer with just 10 batches under my belt. I'm trying to figure out what part of my brewing process needs refinement and or adjustment. I brew 5 gal batches utelizing a 10 gal igloo cooler as my mash/lauter tun. All my batches over attenuate to some varying degree. My beers finish good but always under the anticipated FG. I always use proven published recipes from books and mags(brewing better beer, modern homebrew recipes, brew your own etc). All recipes are inputed into beersmith to scale for my equipment.
I always make an appropriate starter with intentions to pitch commercial yeast pitching rates(pro brewer 1.0 ale). I'm pretty spot on with locking into my mash temp for the required mash time. I always sanitise everything with star san. I don't think I could be anymore maticulous with my processes.
I always use a single infusion mash schedule and batch sparge. After mashing I vorlauf then drain 1st runnings into my 10 gal kettle. I then sparge with my entire sparge volume of 168F water. Stirr, rest for 10-15min vorlauf then drain 2nd runnings into my kettle. I usually boil for 90 and cool to pitching temps(65F to 68F) with an immersion cooler. I aerate my wort with a wine degassing whip loaded into my cordless drill. I let it rip into the wort from top to bottom creating a frothy krausen-like foamball on top of the wort, then pitch my yeast. I usually see activity within 2-4hrs of pitching and use a water bath to maintain somewhat consistent fermentation temps. I usually reach FG within 5 days.
That's pretty much my process every time I brew. I just can't seem to figure out why my beer always finishes up at a lower than anticipated FG. For example, I brewed a Pliny recipe last week from brewing classic styles. The recipe's OG 1.080 and FG 1.013 matched beersmith, but my FG was 1.008. The recipe before was a smoked pumpkin Saison with an OG1.058 and FG1.012 and I finished at 1.006. If anybody has any ideas as to what may be the cause of this issue, I am all ears and appreciatee your suggestions. Could a mashout step possibly help with this issue?
I always make an appropriate starter with intentions to pitch commercial yeast pitching rates(pro brewer 1.0 ale). I'm pretty spot on with locking into my mash temp for the required mash time. I always sanitise everything with star san. I don't think I could be anymore maticulous with my processes.
I always use a single infusion mash schedule and batch sparge. After mashing I vorlauf then drain 1st runnings into my 10 gal kettle. I then sparge with my entire sparge volume of 168F water. Stirr, rest for 10-15min vorlauf then drain 2nd runnings into my kettle. I usually boil for 90 and cool to pitching temps(65F to 68F) with an immersion cooler. I aerate my wort with a wine degassing whip loaded into my cordless drill. I let it rip into the wort from top to bottom creating a frothy krausen-like foamball on top of the wort, then pitch my yeast. I usually see activity within 2-4hrs of pitching and use a water bath to maintain somewhat consistent fermentation temps. I usually reach FG within 5 days.
That's pretty much my process every time I brew. I just can't seem to figure out why my beer always finishes up at a lower than anticipated FG. For example, I brewed a Pliny recipe last week from brewing classic styles. The recipe's OG 1.080 and FG 1.013 matched beersmith, but my FG was 1.008. The recipe before was a smoked pumpkin Saison with an OG1.058 and FG1.012 and I finished at 1.006. If anybody has any ideas as to what may be the cause of this issue, I am all ears and appreciatee your suggestions. Could a mashout step possibly help with this issue?