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Today I did my first All Grain BIAB. I've done ten extract kits with no problems. This brew was an All Grain London Porter BIAB as follows:
5 gallon batch
1.054 Target OG
GRAINS/MALTS
9 lbs 8 oz of American 2 row malt
6 oz Black Barley
4 oz Black Patent Malt
4 oz Chocolate Malt
4 oz Midnight Malt
HOPS
7 AAU Bittering Hop (60 min)
.5 oz Tettnanger Flavoring Hop (10 min)
.5 oz Cascade Aromatic Hop (2 min)
MASHED; in five gallons at 152F - 160F for 1 hour. Removed the bag and drained for 15 minutes (yes, I squeezed the bag).
BATCH SPARGED; by lowering the bag into another kettle of three gallons at 170F and stirred for 15 minutes rinsing with same water as I lifted the bag out and drained again.
I then added 1.5 gallons of the sparged water to the 5 gallons of mashed water for a 6.5 gallon boil. Note: I dumped the remaining 1.5 gallons of sparge water which may have been a mistake.
I boiled the 6.5 gallons for 1.5 hours adding the hops per schedule. My brew kettle has an 8 gallon capacity (15 inch opening) with a false bottom.
I ended up with 4.25 gallons of wort with an OG of 1.065
To correct the higher then expected OG and increase the volume I boiled another .75 gallons of water and added it to the wort for the 5 gallons and it also brought the OG to the target of 1.054. It is now in the fermenter.
After all that, my question is this. Was I correct in adding the .75 gallons of water to the wort or should I have added the sparge water (not boiled) that I dumped out?
Also, any other comments on the process I used would be appreciated.
Thanks
5 gallon batch
1.054 Target OG
GRAINS/MALTS
9 lbs 8 oz of American 2 row malt
6 oz Black Barley
4 oz Black Patent Malt
4 oz Chocolate Malt
4 oz Midnight Malt
HOPS
7 AAU Bittering Hop (60 min)
.5 oz Tettnanger Flavoring Hop (10 min)
.5 oz Cascade Aromatic Hop (2 min)
MASHED; in five gallons at 152F - 160F for 1 hour. Removed the bag and drained for 15 minutes (yes, I squeezed the bag).
BATCH SPARGED; by lowering the bag into another kettle of three gallons at 170F and stirred for 15 minutes rinsing with same water as I lifted the bag out and drained again.
I then added 1.5 gallons of the sparged water to the 5 gallons of mashed water for a 6.5 gallon boil. Note: I dumped the remaining 1.5 gallons of sparge water which may have been a mistake.
I boiled the 6.5 gallons for 1.5 hours adding the hops per schedule. My brew kettle has an 8 gallon capacity (15 inch opening) with a false bottom.
I ended up with 4.25 gallons of wort with an OG of 1.065
To correct the higher then expected OG and increase the volume I boiled another .75 gallons of water and added it to the wort for the 5 gallons and it also brought the OG to the target of 1.054. It is now in the fermenter.
After all that, my question is this. Was I correct in adding the .75 gallons of water to the wort or should I have added the sparge water (not boiled) that I dumped out?
Also, any other comments on the process I used would be appreciated.
Thanks