vindikator49
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Ok folks. I'm in need of some serious help.
I have been brewing all grain batches for approximately 5 years now and never come across what I've got going on now. I need help and fast.
My equipment is as follows:
10 Gallon circular cooler with false bottom
10 Gallon boil kettle
8 Gal. stainless HLT
Blichmann Therminator
I have always based recipes on a 65% efficiency.
Ok. So here we go...
I have brewed the following recipe on multiple occasions. Four times to be exact. It's a pale ale and the first three brews are as follows (with minor variations)...
Recipe -
10 lbs 2 Row
1 lb Cara 10L
1 lb Cara 20L
I mashed 3.75 gallons into the cooler at 164F, which brought my mash to 149F. My pH was 5.1. The duration of my mash was 60 minutes. I conducted a vorlauf for approximately 10 minutes and then sparged with 170F water for about 20-25 minutes (fly sparge).
My boil volume was just under 7.5 gallons. I conducted a 60 minute boil adding an ounce of hops at 30 minutes, half an ounce at 10 minutes, and half an ounce at 2 minutes left in the boil. I threw in a whirl floc tablet with 15 minutes left in the boil.
I pitched my yeast, WLP060, at 72 degrees.
Ok. SO the first three times I brewed this guy it came out to 1.050 +- .001. Pretty close to what I'm looking for. This last time I brewed it, comes out to 1.040 and finished at 1.004.
Next beer I brew. Similar grist, coming in at 11.5 lbs. Mashes at 150. OG comes out to 1.040 when target was again 1.050.
Beer I just brewed. Grist is at 10.3 lbs. I have brewed THIS beer at least 4 other times as well. What's my gravity after getting it into the fermenter? 1.032.
I am now at the point of losing my mind. I've changed nothing in my equipment except adding the Blichmann chiller. Please, anyone, help.
I have been brewing all grain batches for approximately 5 years now and never come across what I've got going on now. I need help and fast.
My equipment is as follows:
10 Gallon circular cooler with false bottom
10 Gallon boil kettle
8 Gal. stainless HLT
Blichmann Therminator
I have always based recipes on a 65% efficiency.
Ok. So here we go...
I have brewed the following recipe on multiple occasions. Four times to be exact. It's a pale ale and the first three brews are as follows (with minor variations)...
Recipe -
10 lbs 2 Row
1 lb Cara 10L
1 lb Cara 20L
I mashed 3.75 gallons into the cooler at 164F, which brought my mash to 149F. My pH was 5.1. The duration of my mash was 60 minutes. I conducted a vorlauf for approximately 10 minutes and then sparged with 170F water for about 20-25 minutes (fly sparge).
My boil volume was just under 7.5 gallons. I conducted a 60 minute boil adding an ounce of hops at 30 minutes, half an ounce at 10 minutes, and half an ounce at 2 minutes left in the boil. I threw in a whirl floc tablet with 15 minutes left in the boil.
I pitched my yeast, WLP060, at 72 degrees.
Ok. SO the first three times I brewed this guy it came out to 1.050 +- .001. Pretty close to what I'm looking for. This last time I brewed it, comes out to 1.040 and finished at 1.004.
Next beer I brew. Similar grist, coming in at 11.5 lbs. Mashes at 150. OG comes out to 1.040 when target was again 1.050.
Beer I just brewed. Grist is at 10.3 lbs. I have brewed THIS beer at least 4 other times as well. What's my gravity after getting it into the fermenter? 1.032.
I am now at the point of losing my mind. I've changed nothing in my equipment except adding the Blichmann chiller. Please, anyone, help.