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Hi folks, any thoughts on where I've gone wrong here?
13 kg Pale 2-Row 38 2.5 91.5%
1.2 kg Torrified Wheat 36 2 8.5%
100 g Magnum Pellet 9.3 First Wort
70 g Nelson Sauvin Pellet 12.5 Boil 15 min
70 g Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 15 min
70 g Nelson Sauvin Pellet 12.5 Boil 5 min
70 g Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 5 min
60 g Nelson Sauvin Pellet 12.5 Whirlpool at
140 g Cascade Pellet 7 Whirlpool at
Method: All Grain
Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 75 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 90 liters Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Boil Gravity: 1.035 (recipe based estimate)
Original Gravity:1.042
Final Gravity:1.008
ABV (standard):4.45%
The ABV was supposed to be 4.45% which was ideal but the OG came out at 1.036 so I've ended up with substantially weaker beer. I'm ok with it because it tastes fine at this stage, it's just finished fermenting today, so it's not a dumper by any stretch but I can't see where I went wrong.
I thought I had the mash temp spot on at 66 for 1 hour so was quite confident but when I did the OG after the boil it was at 1.036 which was a real surprise. I guess it's two queations really:
1 - What was my initial error?
2 - What could I have done about it once the boil was finished?
Thanks for help.
13 kg Pale 2-Row 38 2.5 91.5%
1.2 kg Torrified Wheat 36 2 8.5%
100 g Magnum Pellet 9.3 First Wort
70 g Nelson Sauvin Pellet 12.5 Boil 15 min
70 g Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 15 min
70 g Nelson Sauvin Pellet 12.5 Boil 5 min
70 g Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 5 min
60 g Nelson Sauvin Pellet 12.5 Whirlpool at
140 g Cascade Pellet 7 Whirlpool at
Method: All Grain
Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 75 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 90 liters Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Boil Gravity: 1.035 (recipe based estimate)
Original Gravity:1.042
Final Gravity:1.008
ABV (standard):4.45%
The ABV was supposed to be 4.45% which was ideal but the OG came out at 1.036 so I've ended up with substantially weaker beer. I'm ok with it because it tastes fine at this stage, it's just finished fermenting today, so it's not a dumper by any stretch but I can't see where I went wrong.
I thought I had the mash temp spot on at 66 for 1 hour so was quite confident but when I did the OG after the boil it was at 1.036 which was a real surprise. I guess it's two queations really:
1 - What was my initial error?
2 - What could I have done about it once the boil was finished?
Thanks for help.