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ROFLMAO... you know, in all this time of AG brewing, i've never thought to adjust my reading when measuring runnings *smacks head against the wall*
so does that mean i should be stopping at 1.021 on the hydro at about 65-70c?
edit or does that mean that when i'm stopping at 1.008 at 65'c it actually means i've been stopping at 1.021
so does that mean i should be stopping at 1.021 on the hydro at about 65-70c?
edit or does that mean that when i'm stopping at 1.008 at 65'c it actually means i've been stopping at 1.021
A T
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Get a refractometer and never worry about it again 
hot break come and gone. 1st hops in.
Wez, i think this is why i've been struggling to work out my efficiency you know. cos what's been coming out of the boiler has always been about 15-20L, but usually way above the 1.050 mark. so i've been having to top up with water to bring to volume and get the OG down. TBH i've always hit my target OG, mostly because i've had that control at the end where i just add water till i reach my gravity hehe. cheating but hey.
ok well next time i'm going to run it down to .995 (uncorrected) leaving it still above tanin extraction level and see how that turns out after the boil at least then i've got a clear idea of my efficiency without having to try to work it because i've added water etc
Wez, i think this is why i've been struggling to work out my efficiency you know. cos what's been coming out of the boiler has always been about 15-20L, but usually way above the 1.050 mark. so i've been having to top up with water to bring to volume and get the OG down. TBH i've always hit my target OG, mostly because i've had that control at the end where i just add water till i reach my gravity hehe. cheating but hey.
ok well next time i'm going to run it down to .995 (uncorrected) leaving it still above tanin extraction level and see how that turns out after the boil at least then i've got a clear idea of my efficiency without having to try to work it because i've added water etc
J_P
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Ha ha ha ha Oh dear :lol:
I've just had a thought, you brewed your taRd recipe again yesterday, does that make it re-tard :lol: ?
I'll get my coat.
I may get flamed for saying this but I never check my runnings any more, it just creates more stuff to wash up. I've got to know my gear now and know that if I mash with ~ 2.5l of water per kg grain and sparge with a volume equal to the volume I require in the fermenter then after an hour and a half boil I'll end up hitting my volume and gravity on the nose (@75% eff).
IMHO People need to chill out when brewing otherwise you'll end up either freaking out over every little thing. Take tannin extraction for example, people go to extraordinary lengths to avoid over sparging their grain. I've over sparged before by around a gallon and the brew didn't suffer in the slightest, in fact it turned me on to lower gravity ales. The hop aroma wasn't competing with as much alcohol and it really shone through and at 3.5% there was nothing to hide any flaws behind.
I think TV's most popular painting mentalist Bob Ross said it best when he said "There are no such things as mistakes, only happy accidents" although the folks at Chernobyl would probably disagree with him!
I've just had a thought, you brewed your taRd recipe again yesterday, does that make it re-tard :lol: ?
I'll get my coat.
I may get flamed for saying this but I never check my runnings any more, it just creates more stuff to wash up. I've got to know my gear now and know that if I mash with ~ 2.5l of water per kg grain and sparge with a volume equal to the volume I require in the fermenter then after an hour and a half boil I'll end up hitting my volume and gravity on the nose (@75% eff).
IMHO People need to chill out when brewing otherwise you'll end up either freaking out over every little thing. Take tannin extraction for example, people go to extraordinary lengths to avoid over sparging their grain. I've over sparged before by around a gallon and the brew didn't suffer in the slightest, in fact it turned me on to lower gravity ales. The hop aroma wasn't competing with as much alcohol and it really shone through and at 3.5% there was nothing to hide any flaws behind.
I think TV's most popular painting mentalist Bob Ross said it best when he said "There are no such things as mistakes, only happy accidents" although the folks at Chernobyl would probably disagree with him!
hahaha
well this brew has a name, Wasp Nectar as a wasp just landed in my boiling wort. no doubt it'll get filtered out along with the hops. but i wasn't best pleased when trying to swat it, it took a dive-bomb straight into the wort.
hope it wont affect the beer. I wont tell my vegan friends :twisted:
well this brew has a name, Wasp Nectar as a wasp just landed in my boiling wort. no doubt it'll get filtered out along with the hops. but i wasn't best pleased when trying to swat it, it took a dive-bomb straight into the wort.
hope it wont affect the beer. I wont tell my vegan friends :twisted:
topped up with water to 20L, finished at a cool 1.055
Used safeale 04
at 75% attenuation (i think that's what s04 has)
it should reach 1.013 which will be a bit of a stonker at 5.7% :twisted:
I think i'll rename it from Wasp Nectar to Wasp Stinger!!!
Used safeale 04
at 75% attenuation (i think that's what s04 has)
it should reach 1.013 which will be a bit of a stonker at 5.7% :twisted:
I think i'll rename it from Wasp Nectar to Wasp Stinger!!!
A T
Regular.
Wez said:BrewStew said:
Can I ditch the pom-poms and this silly skirt now
Now you're after putting a picture in my head :lol: :lol:
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