dave81
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Hello
So my issue since i built my 4v herms has been i never can reach my pre boil volume by a long shot but my gravity is way over what i want also.it seem like my mash is super efficient and doesnt really need rinsing so i end up having to dilute my pre boil wort with water to correct my volume and gravity.
Yesterday i did a brew
3.75kg bb ale malt
.25 wheat malt
1kg vienna
Est efficiency 70%
I sparged down to 1010/11 and ended up with 22l in my kettle (expecting 34) with a gravity of 1059 (expecting 1034) so i diluted with 12.5l of water.
I ended up not boiling as hard as normal and ended up with 27l (exptecing 25l) into my fermentor with an og of 1044 (as expected ).
My previous brew i did an experiment and set my efficiency to 60% wanting to make 45 litres(into fermentor ) of 5.8% beer and even after watering down 10l pre boil i ended up making 54l of 6.7% beer,but hooray i managed to sparge to my expected pre boil volume but it was way over expected gravity.
(Sorry cant remember my gravities for that brew but you get the message ).
Where could i be going wrong its really peeing me off?
Sorry for the extended spiel,cheers for the help.
So my issue since i built my 4v herms has been i never can reach my pre boil volume by a long shot but my gravity is way over what i want also.it seem like my mash is super efficient and doesnt really need rinsing so i end up having to dilute my pre boil wort with water to correct my volume and gravity.
Yesterday i did a brew
3.75kg bb ale malt
.25 wheat malt
1kg vienna
Est efficiency 70%
I sparged down to 1010/11 and ended up with 22l in my kettle (expecting 34) with a gravity of 1059 (expecting 1034) so i diluted with 12.5l of water.
I ended up not boiling as hard as normal and ended up with 27l (exptecing 25l) into my fermentor with an og of 1044 (as expected ).
My previous brew i did an experiment and set my efficiency to 60% wanting to make 45 litres(into fermentor ) of 5.8% beer and even after watering down 10l pre boil i ended up making 54l of 6.7% beer,but hooray i managed to sparge to my expected pre boil volume but it was way over expected gravity.
(Sorry cant remember my gravities for that brew but you get the message ).
Where could i be going wrong its really peeing me off?
Sorry for the extended spiel,cheers for the help.