Taken after mashing the grain for 60min. 3gal mash with 9.5lbs of grain.
Taken at the end of the second mash, 30min this time. This was done with 2gal of water, a sparge of sorts I guess.
Taken well bring 5gal of wort to a full boil. Hmm looks good!
Taken at hot break and after the first hop addition. My brew pot is just under 6gal so I was a little worried about boil over. The hops went in slowly and all went well.
Taken at flame out after a 90min boil. The wort was reduced from 5gal to a little over 3gal.
The wort was then cooled and I took a gravity sample. OG on this porter was 1.070, the original recipe projected 1.078. I think my efficiency was not to shabby. I did think about doing a third mash which probably would have brought it up the few points, live and learn.Coming up next will be a post on its fermentation thus far.
I am still amazed. That's a lot of grain. That beer is going to be "all up in your business" as far as taste.
ReplyDeleteI would say your efficiency was fine but I know nothing about efficiency ! lol. I guess these things have to be pretty precise. What's the efficiency leeway on such a brew ?
ReplyDeleteMust be a real nice smelling brew.
Red - I tasted it after it cooled, it was like syrup. I just keep hoping it does not crap out at 1.040!
ReplyDeleteMiss M - I'm no expert either, I just play one in blogger land :-) The efficiency is how much of the fermentable sugar that was extracted from the malted grain. From what I have read 70-80 percent is a good target. There are formulas to calculate it based on the amount of grain used etc, its a little over my head still...
Dan,
ReplyDeleteYou are so talented. i don't think I could even get close to doing this.
Zach - It is actually a lot easier then it sounds. You are basically just making tea with grain and then adding yeast. All the while being as cleanly as a surgeon.
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