jceg316
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Hey, I brewed the Helles Bock Hammer, an all grain package from Geter Brewed http://www.geterbrewed.ie/the-helles-bock-hammer-all-grain-ingredient-kit/ but my OG is way lower.
My grain/water ratio is 1kg/3.1+2L. My mash tun has a large space under the false bottom and I use a HERMS so I add an extra 2 litres for that. When I sparge, I run the wort off very slowly and use as much water until I have my desired kettle volume. Been doing this for the past 10-15 batches and have been getting between 78-80% efficiency.
Their instructions state to use 18 litres of strike water, 10 litres of sparge, which doesn't seem enough at all. I have a 5 litre boil off so would need 28 litres in the kettle to achieve 23 litres in the FV.
Their estimated OG is 1.074, I got 1.065. They won't tell me what ratio of grains they use.
I'm wondering what's gone wrong here, whether the recipe is odd or if I've made a mistake somewhere.
Thanks.
My grain/water ratio is 1kg/3.1+2L. My mash tun has a large space under the false bottom and I use a HERMS so I add an extra 2 litres for that. When I sparge, I run the wort off very slowly and use as much water until I have my desired kettle volume. Been doing this for the past 10-15 batches and have been getting between 78-80% efficiency.
Their instructions state to use 18 litres of strike water, 10 litres of sparge, which doesn't seem enough at all. I have a 5 litre boil off so would need 28 litres in the kettle to achieve 23 litres in the FV.
Their estimated OG is 1.074, I got 1.065. They won't tell me what ratio of grains they use.
I'm wondering what's gone wrong here, whether the recipe is odd or if I've made a mistake somewhere.
Thanks.
