SwedishBrew
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Hi,
Yesterday, I wanted to try a Golden Ale, 28L batch size. I did mash in according to a recepie, at 64 - 65C for 70 minutes, and then sparged at about 78C, my OG ended up at 1.040 when the was supposed to be 1.052C (According to grainfather community calculator) I was pretty carefull measuring the Barley malt and the water and I did nothing unsual (Besides slightly bigger batch size). The only thing I varied was the mashing temperature, 2 degrees lower, could that really be the issue?
Have been brewing for about 1.5 year and I usually do okay with OG. I usually take a sample after the boil, cool it down to 20 degrees C and then do a reading. The style have always been IPA and there I mash in at 67C for 60 m in, then sometimes I do mashout at 78C then sparge at the same temperature. Sometimes I skip the mash out and go ahead and sparge at 78C after the mash in. I do all grain, Pale ale Malt, usually wheat and oats and some crystal malt and 25 liters batches (excluding waste). In worst case, I have been about 0.02 - 0.03 off my OG Target. I have a Grainfather G30 Connect
Pale Ale Malt
5.600 kg (87.7%)
Caramel Munich II
0.500 kg (7.8%)
Carapils
0.288 kg (4.5%)
Yesterday, I wanted to try a Golden Ale, 28L batch size. I did mash in according to a recepie, at 64 - 65C for 70 minutes, and then sparged at about 78C, my OG ended up at 1.040 when the was supposed to be 1.052C (According to grainfather community calculator) I was pretty carefull measuring the Barley malt and the water and I did nothing unsual (Besides slightly bigger batch size). The only thing I varied was the mashing temperature, 2 degrees lower, could that really be the issue?
Have been brewing for about 1.5 year and I usually do okay with OG. I usually take a sample after the boil, cool it down to 20 degrees C and then do a reading. The style have always been IPA and there I mash in at 67C for 60 m in, then sometimes I do mashout at 78C then sparge at the same temperature. Sometimes I skip the mash out and go ahead and sparge at 78C after the mash in. I do all grain, Pale ale Malt, usually wheat and oats and some crystal malt and 25 liters batches (excluding waste). In worst case, I have been about 0.02 - 0.03 off my OG Target. I have a Grainfather G30 Connect
Pale Ale Malt
5.600 kg (87.7%)
Caramel Munich II
0.500 kg (7.8%)
Carapils
0.288 kg (4.5%)