Brewed this yesterday for my first time doing all grain solo. Had a low OG :\ Did the 5 gallon batch and Beersmith said ~1.062 for OG, mine was ballpark 1.044. Hard to read with all the hop debris from the pellets
Not sure why was so low... knew going in my efficiency wouldnt be great but figured better than that... Mashed the 4.4 gallons @ 162 for 60 minutes, then fly sparged pretty slow with 168 degree water until 7.5 gallon approx (estimated pre boil was 7.37 stated in beersmith). Maybe I should I have just gone by gravity readings over volume?
I think next time I run an all batch I'll just add more grain to compensate for my low efficiency
Anyway, pitched two packs of yeast and by this morning I've got a good bubble goin
Looking forward to trying in a month or so.