Also missed target OG

[welly2]

First brew in over a year I missed my target gravity. Target was 1.052, actual was 1.044. Was cooking up a hefeweizen from this recipe: http://aussiehomebrewer.com/recipe/1516-bavarian-hefeweizen/. Was my first wheat beer.

Mash schedule was as follows:

50c protein rest for 1/2 hour
68c saccharification rest for 1/2 hour
76c mashout for 15 minutes

My normal mash schedule for everything is an hour at somewhere between 62 and 68 depending on what I'm making and then a 15 minute mashout. I'm wondering if I should have done my protein rest as was and then a longer saccharification rest? I guess it'll be a session hefeweizen which is fine.

 

[welly2]

I should have referred to this:

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/16221-step-mash-theory-a-technical-question/page-2#entry220794

Next time..

 

[droid]

Yeah I add 10% more grain to a wheat now. These days I take a BG and work it out at that point. At least that way you can adjust final volume, abv and ibu's to find a happy place.