See recipe ink below. I brewed this recipe today as an experimental batch to put in our mini keg. Its similar (hopefully better) to a recipe we have brewed before, and If it's good I'm going to rework it to 5 gallons. I've done a couple of small 1 and 2 gallon extract batches before and I never had this happen. The expected OG was 1.056 and when I took a reading after cooling it was 1.074!! I have never had such a discrepancy in a full boil batch before. I'm not worried about it... I threw about 30 oz of water got it down to 1.057, pitched and called it a brew day. But here is my question... I followed the recipe to the "T." What is the most likely reason:
#1 - More boil -off than expected? I probably netted less than the gallon and a half expected.
#2 - greater efficiency of the steeping grains? I usually use 25%. I bought the biscuit un-milled and crushed it myself with my usual rolling pin and baggy Hi-Tech set up. I might have been a little too aggressive.
#3 - What else??
Should I take any of this into account when stepping up to 5 gallons? Which most likely will do as a partial mash.
Thanks in advance for any insight! KK
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homeb...columbus-chinook-small-batch-semi-session-ipa
#1 - More boil -off than expected? I probably netted less than the gallon and a half expected.
#2 - greater efficiency of the steeping grains? I usually use 25%. I bought the biscuit un-milled and crushed it myself with my usual rolling pin and baggy Hi-Tech set up. I might have been a little too aggressive.
#3 - What else??
Should I take any of this into account when stepping up to 5 gallons? Which most likely will do as a partial mash.
Thanks in advance for any insight! KK
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homeb...columbus-chinook-small-batch-semi-session-ipa