dcarter
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Well I finished my first all grain batch today and everything went exactly according to plan. I built my Mash/Lauther tun during the week from a 48 qt cooler and fly sparged. The rig worked very well which surprised me because I figured I would have ot go the drawing board at least once to get it right.
The sparge took around 45 minutes and my OG ended up 1044. This seems close to the target OG of 1046-1052. Is this close enough or should I do something differently to help push this up? My grains were crushed about a three weeks ago which may have had some impact on efficiency also.
The beer is in the primary and should be bubbling by morning. It is a smooth nut brown ale kit from Midwest. I am probably going to start buying in bulk and crushing my own grain if everyone thinks this experiment went relatively well so let me have any opinions that you may have.
The sparge took around 45 minutes and my OG ended up 1044. This seems close to the target OG of 1046-1052. Is this close enough or should I do something differently to help push this up? My grains were crushed about a three weeks ago which may have had some impact on efficiency also.
The beer is in the primary and should be bubbling by morning. It is a smooth nut brown ale kit from Midwest. I am probably going to start buying in bulk and crushing my own grain if everyone thinks this experiment went relatively well so let me have any opinions that you may have.