My efficiency sucks!
Not sure of the percentage, but I was aiming for a OG of 1.069 and ended up with 1.058.
My first go, so I'm not gonna beat myself up about it.
With further reading I picked up a few points I did wrong.
1 I didn't evenly distribute the heat after doughing in. Most places were 68 but I found quite a few hot spots as I dipped my probe after 30 mins.
2 I think I drained my first running far too fast. Probably over 15 mins. 7.5l
3. I didn't mash out (although I hadn't planned on it)
4. My batch Sparge strike water was 76, however after I added it, I measured 68-70 in most places. I panicked and rather than add more hot to bring it up, I started with the second runnings after 10 mins, and again drained my further 18l in about 15 mins!
So I've got a lot to work on for my next go.
Good points :
My homemade chiller dropped the temp to 18 degrees in 20 mins!
My buffalo boiler kept a rolling boil on 25l of wort for the hour.
I was able to use my HLT as the boiler by utilising a FV as a middleman.
I can't wait to see how the batch turns out as 1.058 should still give me a pretty decent abv.
Fingers crossed it tastes nice.
Not sure of the percentage, but I was aiming for a OG of 1.069 and ended up with 1.058.
My first go, so I'm not gonna beat myself up about it.
With further reading I picked up a few points I did wrong.
1 I didn't evenly distribute the heat after doughing in. Most places were 68 but I found quite a few hot spots as I dipped my probe after 30 mins.
2 I think I drained my first running far too fast. Probably over 15 mins. 7.5l
3. I didn't mash out (although I hadn't planned on it)
4. My batch Sparge strike water was 76, however after I added it, I measured 68-70 in most places. I panicked and rather than add more hot to bring it up, I started with the second runnings after 10 mins, and again drained my further 18l in about 15 mins!
So I've got a lot to work on for my next go.
Good points :
My homemade chiller dropped the temp to 18 degrees in 20 mins!
My buffalo boiler kept a rolling boil on 25l of wort for the hour.
I was able to use my HLT as the boiler by utilising a FV as a middleman.
I can't wait to see how the batch turns out as 1.058 should still give me a pretty decent abv.
Fingers crossed it tastes nice.