First Time BIABer-Too Much Strike Water?

[BassinBrewer]

Hey Everyone,

I've done 6 extract brews up until this point and tried my first BIAB this past weekend, however I believe I used too much strike water due to the low OG and extra wort at the end. Reading the instructions, it said to go with 1 gallon of water for every pound of grain. So this is what I came

Brooklyn Home Brew Oatmeal Stout (1 gallon)
Grain weight: 2.3lbs grain, 1 oz hops
60 min boil

So I used 2 1/4 gallons for my strike water. It yielded about a 1 1/3 gallons with an OG of 1.034. Did I just use too much water?

Thanks for any help.

 

[grayhalladay]

Go look at a calculator like this - www.simplebiabcalculator.com There are lots of factors that dictate how much water to use.

 

[BassinBrewer]

this would have helped beforehand haha thanks for the help

 

[pricelessbrewing]

As a more flexibile alternative, I will suggest the calculator I made, the one at biabbrewing.com or biab calculator.

Mines af pricelessbrewing.github.io/BiabCalc