jeremydgreat
Well-Known Member
Here's the recipe. It's a wit, straight from the book "Brewing Classic Styles".
I've brewed this recipe before and it turned out phenomenal.
This time, I'm on the same equipment (your typical 10gallon cooler mash tun). I hit all my temps and everything went perfect. Until I tasted the wort. It was hardly sweet at all. So, I took a reading and uh oh... 1.024. The volume is 7.5 gallons (pre-boil). The OG (for 5 gallons) is supposed to be 1.058!
Is this really far off? Should I even bother with trying to boil it down to 5 gallons? I double checked my hydrometer and my thermometer and everything is fine.
Other details:
- I fly sparged (same as I did last time) and it took a full hour to get 7.5 gallons. I went nice and slow.
- I did a 60min infusion at 154.
- I mixed it like crazy.
- I sparged for about an hour (same as last time)
- Last time, with the same equipment and the same recipe, I got 78% efficiency.
- The grain was milled hours before they were used. I didn't check the crush. My LHBS always just does it for me.
Thoughts? 1.024 just seems so low, even considering there's 2 gallons of wort to boil off. According to this calculator, I'd have to boil down to 3.1 gallons to get to 1.058. And that doesn't sound right.
I've brewed this recipe before and it turned out phenomenal.
This time, I'm on the same equipment (your typical 10gallon cooler mash tun). I hit all my temps and everything went perfect. Until I tasted the wort. It was hardly sweet at all. So, I took a reading and uh oh... 1.024. The volume is 7.5 gallons (pre-boil). The OG (for 5 gallons) is supposed to be 1.058!
Is this really far off? Should I even bother with trying to boil it down to 5 gallons? I double checked my hydrometer and my thermometer and everything is fine.
Other details:
- I fly sparged (same as I did last time) and it took a full hour to get 7.5 gallons. I went nice and slow.
- I did a 60min infusion at 154.
- I mixed it like crazy.
- I sparged for about an hour (same as last time)
- Last time, with the same equipment and the same recipe, I got 78% efficiency.
- The grain was milled hours before they were used. I didn't check the crush. My LHBS always just does it for me.
Thoughts? 1.024 just seems so low, even considering there's 2 gallons of wort to boil off. According to this calculator, I'd have to boil down to 3.1 gallons to get to 1.058. And that doesn't sound right.