Too little sleep and mistakes are made.

[BigBlueBrad]

Life is busy right now, but I’m trying to keep my brewing schedule.

Today I measured out grains for a Belgian abbey Christmas beer.

I needed 13.5 pounds of two row along with a half pound of five other malts ( Munich, caramel, aromatic, biscuit and Special B). Dark candi syrup goes in at boil.

I was draining my first runnings into the kettle when the horror struck me that I only put in half of the two row.

Here is what I’m doing now, tell me if this makes sense. If it doesn’t, oh well, it is still beer.

I still have 5 gallons of sparge water to go as a batch sparge. I milled the other 6+ pounds of malt, added this sparge water to my mash tun and stirred in the new grains.

Instead of getting 7 gallons in doing a 60 minute well, I will get 7.5 and do a 90 minute boil.

Here’s to the brewing Gods smiling on me today.

 

[myndflyte]

Yeah it should work. You probably won't get as good conversion and efficiency that you normally would but it's better than missing out on 6 lbs of 2-row.

 

[BigBlueBrad]

The good news is I am getting very good brewhouse efficiency right now and have been over shooting original gravitys on my last four beers by 0.08 to 0.11. If I lose some efficiency I’m not coming closer to the target.

I’m draining into the cattle right now.

 

[parjay]

The good news is I am getting very good brewhouse efficiency right now and have been over shooting original gravitys on my last four beers by 0.08 to 0.11. If I lose some efficiency I’m not coming closer to the target.

I’m draining into the cattle right now.

Sure you're not making a milk stout?

 

[BigBlueBrad]

Nope. Abbey with spices coming later.

 

[specharka]

I’m draining into the cattle right now.

Dear Lord. This fellow is so sleep deprived he mistook a poor farm animal for a brewing appliance. Sleep deprivation is no laughing matter, folks.

 

[BigBlueBrad]

Good news! Expected OG was 1.080 and I came in at 1.073. Fermentation took off quick and she is rolling.

 

[cloudybrewer]

You must be fermenting in the rumen. Be sure to feed Bessy the spent grains.

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

Bessy will have some carbon dioxide to go with her usual output of methane.

 

[SEndorf]

Poor Brad...draining into the cattle.
When I'm sleep deprived a number of things usually go wrong....
Miscalculate the volume in the hot loco tank... or forget to mill my brains....