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Hey everyone! So, a few weeks ago I attempted my first all grain brew, and I went with a SMaSH pale ale for ease of it being my first time. I was hoping for an OG of around 1050, but somehow I got 1080. I've been reading some posts on different sites as well as watching some videos, so I have somewhat of an idea on what I am going to do differently next time, but I would like some of yalls opinions.
RECIPE
5 lbs Briess Pale Ale Malt
Mosaic Hops
SafAle US-05 yeast
5 gallon kettle
(2.5 Gallon batch)
I used 3 gallons of water and heated to 160 degrees F
When I dropped the grains in, I dropped to 151 (I was aiming for 152-157 ish), so I wasn't really concerned about the one degree difference. After about 30 mins, it dropped to 145. I left it at that for 10 or so mins, and then decided I was going to put it back on some heat for the last few mins to try and raise that temp back. I ended up hitting 147.
I pulled my bag of grain out and let it sit on a cooling rack over the kettle to drain out as much of the wort from the bag into the kettle as possible, and then I started bringing it up to a boil.
I intended to do a 60 min boil, but I may have technically done a little longer because I was trying to hit the 212 F boiling point, and it would not go over 210. It started having a boil at 208 though, so I probably should have started the timer then.
After that, I did my hop additions (60 min, 30 min, 10 min, flame out)
Cooled the wort down to the yeast pack standards, checked my OG, and pitched it.
I have learned since then I need to check gravity points and some different things, but any idea on what could have done this? I am assuming it could have been the boiling scenario, and it could have also been lack of water in the kettle (I need to find out how much I boil off on avg which I plan on doing tomorrow)
Thanks guys!
RECIPE
5 lbs Briess Pale Ale Malt
Mosaic Hops
SafAle US-05 yeast
5 gallon kettle
(2.5 Gallon batch)
I used 3 gallons of water and heated to 160 degrees F
When I dropped the grains in, I dropped to 151 (I was aiming for 152-157 ish), so I wasn't really concerned about the one degree difference. After about 30 mins, it dropped to 145. I left it at that for 10 or so mins, and then decided I was going to put it back on some heat for the last few mins to try and raise that temp back. I ended up hitting 147.
I pulled my bag of grain out and let it sit on a cooling rack over the kettle to drain out as much of the wort from the bag into the kettle as possible, and then I started bringing it up to a boil.
I intended to do a 60 min boil, but I may have technically done a little longer because I was trying to hit the 212 F boiling point, and it would not go over 210. It started having a boil at 208 though, so I probably should have started the timer then.
After that, I did my hop additions (60 min, 30 min, 10 min, flame out)
Cooled the wort down to the yeast pack standards, checked my OG, and pitched it.
I have learned since then I need to check gravity points and some different things, but any idea on what could have done this? I am assuming it could have been the boiling scenario, and it could have also been lack of water in the kettle (I need to find out how much I boil off on avg which I plan on doing tomorrow)
Thanks guys!