Crystal_Ball
Senior Member
So after last Saturday's evenings disaster i decided to start early this morning after a little more planning.
First BM AG
Rye Malt 3KG
Pale Malt 2.5KG
Chinook 18g Start of boil
Amarillo 50g at turn off
1tsp irish moss 15 mins before end of boil.
Mash @ 65C for 60 mins - 23L water
Boil should have been 70 mins, but i accidentally programmed 80 mins. I added the start of boil hops 10 mins into the boil.
Sparged with cold water 5L. (Even though it self sparges i thought i might get a bit more out of the grain)
I topped up to 25L mark after that, but for some reason didn't measure the amount put in.
During boil i decided to top up with 2 more litres of water as i was supposed to be left with 25L and have read that i would have at least 1L lost at the bottom. The result being OG being 1.044 instead of 1.052!!
Don't know if i put too much water in or if efficiency was low??
Ended up with 18 litres instead of 23L ???
Pitched Wyeast 2565 Kolsch @ 19C
A few lessons to be learnt for next time. Any advice greatly received!
First BM AG
Rye Malt 3KG
Pale Malt 2.5KG
Chinook 18g Start of boil
Amarillo 50g at turn off
1tsp irish moss 15 mins before end of boil.
Mash @ 65C for 60 mins - 23L water
Boil should have been 70 mins, but i accidentally programmed 80 mins. I added the start of boil hops 10 mins into the boil.
Sparged with cold water 5L. (Even though it self sparges i thought i might get a bit more out of the grain)
I topped up to 25L mark after that, but for some reason didn't measure the amount put in.
During boil i decided to top up with 2 more litres of water as i was supposed to be left with 25L and have read that i would have at least 1L lost at the bottom. The result being OG being 1.044 instead of 1.052!!
Don't know if i put too much water in or if efficiency was low??
Ended up with 18 litres instead of 23L ???
Pitched Wyeast 2565 Kolsch @ 19C
A few lessons to be learnt for next time. Any advice greatly received!
