nicklawmusic
Well-Known Member
I attempted my first all grain beer this evening (5hr 30 mins it took me!!!) and I'm trying to figure out what went wrong!
Here's what I did:
MASH
1.6KG Maris Otter
50g Crystal Malt (high colour)
5.6 litres of water at 65c for on hour, in a sparge bag, inside a cool box.
I lost one degree Celsius during the mash (though some places around the edge in the cool box read 59c).
I took the bag out and let it drain, afterwhich, I places the bag in a brew kettle and sparged it using 10 litres of water at 65c.
After letting that drain, I poured the contents from my makeshift mash tun into the brew kettle and got a gravity reading of 1.019.... WAAAAAAAAAAAYY below what I was expecting (1.038 according to Brewers Friend).
What did I do wrong?
I topped up my wort with 600g dextrose (I didn't had any DME unfortunately) and managed to get a starting gravity of 1.048.
Can anybody help me identify what the primary issue was here with my pre-boil gravity.
I want to start doing 1 gallon all grain batches (I've discovered that 3 is quite an effort on a stove top) without doing a mini mash, but this has left me wondering whether all grain is harder than I though.
Suggestions/tips?
Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew?
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Here's what I did:
MASH
1.6KG Maris Otter
50g Crystal Malt (high colour)
5.6 litres of water at 65c for on hour, in a sparge bag, inside a cool box.
I lost one degree Celsius during the mash (though some places around the edge in the cool box read 59c).
I took the bag out and let it drain, afterwhich, I places the bag in a brew kettle and sparged it using 10 litres of water at 65c.
After letting that drain, I poured the contents from my makeshift mash tun into the brew kettle and got a gravity reading of 1.019.... WAAAAAAAAAAAYY below what I was expecting (1.038 according to Brewers Friend).
What did I do wrong?
I topped up my wort with 600g dextrose (I didn't had any DME unfortunately) and managed to get a starting gravity of 1.048.
Can anybody help me identify what the primary issue was here with my pre-boil gravity.
I want to start doing 1 gallon all grain batches (I've discovered that 3 is quite an effort on a stove top) without doing a mini mash, but this has left me wondering whether all grain is harder than I though.
Suggestions/tips?
Emmanuales | #WhatWouldJesusBrew?
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