Recent content by Denis2121

Thank you for the detailed explanation ! Was thinking ill need to invest in a refractometer as I still use hydrometer and chilling each sample wouldnt work.

Ya im planning to order from the usual supplier this time. Regarding the end of mash gravity is there any way to know what im aiming for ? I use brewfather which only shows pre boil and og.

Maybe its possible. Not sure as i never tried it. Again, im only 7 brews in and all 6 were good, last batch of cream ale was the best i brewed. I dont get much time to brew as recently had a baby so a bit disappointed with how this brew went. Im planning to repeat this recipe with only a...

Couldnt explain it better myself. Exactly how my sparging looks using all in one.

Thank you for the input. I figured this is where i messed up because as mentioned earlier, except the rice hulls and fast sparge (20-25min faster than usual) I changed nothing and been getting 72% consistently before that. I know its not the best number but i dnt mind as it lets me hit my...

Thank you. I also read elsewhere that you dont want the flow too fast which is what happened to me. And as the guy mentions in the video, you want to mix them in and i didnt properly mix in well enough. Had layers of hulls at bottom mid and top.

If I was to do it again, id use less rice hulls. A handful or 2 instead. I also wouldnt lay them out at the bottom of the screen this time to act as a filter as it did much better job than expected. Maybe i wouldnt use them at all as I mash pretty thin and never had stuck mash issues really. Id...

I buy the grains crushed. This time tho i ordered all the grains from a diff supplier as the usual was out of all wheat grain brands so a good point. It might be they use a different crush compared to the usual supplier i order from.

thanks guys. I only have around 7 ag brews under my belt so its just another thing to learn from. Ill use only a handful or 2 of rice hulls next time and i wont place them at bottom as a filter. I usually get 72-73% efficiency which i dnt mind and am not looking to change that as it allows me to...

Its pretty simple with the all in one. I use a 2l jug and pur the soarge water of 76-77c over the grains. I have the heating on while collecting the wort. Usually i get to boiling temp in 35 min and sparging takes me around 30min. This time sparging took me around 10min. Would be even faster its...

Correct, sounds ill have to start taking notes of those too ! I use a brewzilla which has a recirculation arm. Usually im only able to open in max half way which keeps a steady flow. Not too little yet not overflowing.

Pre boil was 27l. 17l mash water and 13l sparge water. Post boil 22l and 20l went into bucket. Usually I bottle 18l then. Pre boil gravity was 1.028. I always do a 90 min boil and og was then 1.035. With the pre boil gravity i knew its gonna end up bad. Prepared some dme and brozght it up to...

wheat malt 2kg Pale malt 1kg Pilsner 1kg Melanoidin 0.165 kg Carawheat 0.055kg Rice hulls 0.220 kg 45 min mash @ 67C 10 min mash out @ 76-77C Sparge temp 76-77C 29g mount hood 5.5% @ 60 min 10g mount hood 5.5% @ 5 min 1l yeast starter wlp320 ph 5.5

So brewed an American Wheat today. Was aiming for 1.046 OG. Everytime my efficiency was 72%. Today it was only 55%. I got OG of 1.035. I did use rice hulls, 220 grams. Sparge was done in 12 minutes. I usually sparge for around 20-30 min. Could this be the reason i got such a bad efficiency ...

Thanks for the input ! With the L do you mean the Lovibond ? If so I dont think it should affect much other than the potential color of the beer but i might be wrong. Efficiency should be ok for me, i usually get 73-75% hitting the OG. My solution for next batch will be to increasy my system by...