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re: Looks Like a Fine Night to Brew some Beer....Updated Bottling
Posted on 4/18/13 at 11:44 pm to Zappas Stache
Posted on 4/18/13 at 11:44 pm to Zappas Stache
Now I'm ready to drain the final sparge run. I drain the wort into the glass pitcher again, look for floating grains, pour it back into the mash tun and repeat til I see no floating grains......grains in your boil may cause unwanted bitterness and off flavours. I always have a few but try to keep them to a minimum. Then drain the final sparge into your boil kettle.
Posted on 4/18/13 at 11:56 pm to Zappas Stache
All the wort is now in the boil kettle. By my....365online....calcs I needed 7.5 gallons.....
7.55 gallons.....I love when things go right......But Mr. Zappa......did you hit your gravity target (collect enough sugars so your final beer will be the alcohol % you designed things for)?
Let me take out my refractometer (this is a rifle scope looking thingy that can read the sugar content from just a drop of wort). Place a drop on the glass, flip the cover and look through one end into a light. There is a grapg that shows in the viewfinder......I was shooting for 1.041 gravity....I get 1.049! Awesome! That means my efficiency of extracting sugars from the grain is 83%....maybe the best Ive ever done. I design and assume 70% but have been as crappy as 50%. But 83% deserves a pat on the back......and with a 30 minute mash my friends.
7.55 gallons.....I love when things go right......But Mr. Zappa......did you hit your gravity target (collect enough sugars so your final beer will be the alcohol % you designed things for)?
Let me take out my refractometer (this is a rifle scope looking thingy that can read the sugar content from just a drop of wort). Place a drop on the glass, flip the cover and look through one end into a light. There is a grapg that shows in the viewfinder......I was shooting for 1.041 gravity....I get 1.049! Awesome! That means my efficiency of extracting sugars from the grain is 83%....maybe the best Ive ever done. I design and assume 70% but have been as crappy as 50%. But 83% deserves a pat on the back......and with a 30 minute mash my friends.
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