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[CaptRon]

what happened? low mash efficiency?

Not really sure, probably the efficiency. 8lbs of dme was correct wasn't it?

[CaptRon]

My mash temp ended up being 148, but I remembered that being within range for more fermentables?

[positiveContact]

Not really sure, probably the efficiency. 8lbs of dme was correct wasn't it?

 

I assume you know how to calculate the contribution of the DME.  you seem like a smart guy.  I'd have to look it up and throw it into my spreadsheet.  how are you formulating your recipes?

 

I think we are talking something like 28 points (not sure of the right terminology but DME has a potential of 1.044) difference though.

 

My mash temp ended up being 148, but I remembered that being within range for more fermentables?

 

that is a little towards the low end of what most people do but you should still get good conversion.

Edited by Evil_Morty, 08 November 2015 - 11:47 AM.

[CaptRon]

I assume you know how to calculate the contribution of the DME. you seem like a smart guy. I'd have to look it up and throw it into my spreadsheet. how are you formulating your recipes?

I think we are talking something like 28 points (not sure of the right terminology but DME has a potential of 1.044) difference though.


that is a little towards the low end of what most people do but you should still get good conversion.

I just found a chart online which said 8.4lbs but I figured being I was going for 10 gallons rather than the 11 I would round down to 8.

[positiveContact]

I just found a chart online which said 8.4lbs but I figured being I was going for 10 gallons rather than the 11 I would round down to 8.

 

should be close enough.

 

if you want to go down the mash efficiency road you may want to make another thread.

[matt6150]

Made ten gallons of this yesterday. I did a partial mash, I used 8lbs dme instead of the base malt and then ended up doing a mash with the rest of the grain and oats. I got an OG of 1.056 which is off from the recipes, but I think it'll be fine. This morning I have a two inch krausen and they are chugging along. Not too crazy of a fermentation, but their going.

Well looks like you are improving from the last time 5+ years ago.

 

Man, I had a few problems making this yesterday. I was shooting for a mash temp of 156. My buddy and I were arguing about what strike temp to shoot for. He insisted on 160 because he didn't think that it was going to lose more than a few degrees during the transfer from the pot to the mash tun and then the grains being added. So yeah, we hit 141 after getting it in there. So we decided to boil some water and add that in there to raise the temp, which it did, but my dumb ass didn't realize how much water was still actually in the pot and so the temp of the mash jumped to 172. So we took some of the mash out to cool off and then add that back in to lower the temp and that worked good and we hit the 156 temp that I wanted originally. Hopefully I didn't jack up the enzymes from all this temp stuff. It didn't go longer than 5 minutes at the high temp, but still.Then, came the sparge. Everything was going great for about 10 minutes. Then, it just stopped. I tried blowing in the tube several times and that didn't help at all. So we decided to stir up the grain bed a little and that seemed to at least get it flowing again for the rest of the sparge. I'm thinking I should have added some rice hulls or something right before the sparge, but oh well. It is what it is now. I missed the OG by quite a bit. I got 1.054. Meh, I think it is still going to be quite good as it really smells great and the little taste I took tasted good. Sweet, but good. I really need to figure out how to prevent stuck sparges, as they are teh suck.

[MyaCullen]

lol

 

welcome back to the fold Badogg

[CaptRon]

Well looks like you are improving from the last time 5+ years ago.

Lol.  

 

 

 

lol

 

welcome back to the fold Badogg

 

[matt6150]

So I was thinking of giving this beer a try. I've heard good things about but never brewed or tried it. Should I be worried about the black patent? I've heard good and bad about that grain and again never used it either. Or should I have no fear and brew as is?

[Bklmt2000]

Brew it as is, then adjust if you feel it necessary. 

 

Made this one a couple times; always turned out well as written.

 

And no, don't fear the BP malt. 

[djinkc]

So I was thinking of giving this beer a try. I've heard good things about but never brewed or tried it. Should I be worried about the black patent? I've heard good and bad about that grain and again never used it either. Or should I have no fear and brew as is?

 

If I remember this was a recipe that Jim put together when he hadn't been brewing a lot yet.  Some of the KC guys went to his place around 10 - 12 years ago.  Fun weekend. We saw him some when Drew was in STL and he was active in the home brew clubs there.  I think it was one of those "let's try this" and it worked.

 

First time I brewed it was a recipe that he had poor efficiency.  It was stellar and packed a punch since I had much better efficiency.  I need to brew it again.  I really don't know why the BP didn't punch you in the face but it didn't in this recipe.  Also the only one that I will use Fuggles.  That should tell everyone something.  

[matt6150]

Ok brewing as is then. I got everything I need on order, just need to grab yeast from the LHBS. Will happen sometime Thanksgiving weekend.