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On today's menu was an American Pale Ale (American Pale Ale II Recipe - BeerCraftr's 1-Gallon Beer Recipes)
Struggled with low OG on the first brew, so made these adjustments:
Struggled with low OG on the first brew, so made these adjustments:
- milled grain a second time at home with cheese grater (better than nothing); it took a while so I didnt do a 3rd time
- added 4oz pale malt to the recipe
- split strike water into two (mashed in 7l; batch sparged in 2l)
- squeezed the heck outta the BIAB
- pre-boil OG same as last time (American IPA Recipe - BeerCraftr's 1 Gallon Beer Recipes) --> 1.020 @ 141F = around 1.035 (?)
- post-boil OG: 1.044 @ 75F
- pre-boil volume: 8 litres
- post-boil volume: 5.7 litres, I think
- i've got a 5 litre carboy and the recipe is for post-boil volume of 1.3 gallons = 4.9 litres. should i have a more intense boil next time since i have an extra .8 litres? and this would bump up the OG a bit too.
- I filled the carboy up to a little under 4l. so is it normal for a recipe to have extra for hydrometer readings and losses? i put the remainder in a separate carboy to test a different yeast
- there's quite a bit of trub in the main carboy. when measuring volume, this is of course included. so, i guess i will end up with about 3 litres of beer. Is that expected for a 5litre carboy?
- recipe called to add last hops at the end of the boil. does this mean that i should stop the boil and throw in the hops? or does the hops need at least a few minutes boil time? how do you interpret this?