Gday all.
Did my first partial mash on the weekend after knocking up a quick copper manifold to fit in a spare fermenter as a mash tun. Big thanks for all the good tips on the site about how to make the manifold, and also the tip for insulation - big-up bubble wrap!
I brewed a Grumpys guiness copy, it had 2.5kg of grain in it, some hops and I added a can of Coopers light LME (1.3kg) and WYeast 1084.
I'm definitey going all-grain after I get the last couple of months of uni out of the way, but I have to say, the smell of the grain, and the sweet wort running out.... mmm beautiful!
I want to know how my efficiency went, so I downloaded promash and chucked some numbers in. Obviously i dont know what grains were in the bag from grumpys, but i assume they were a mix of roasted and pale barley.
For all the experts out there, does it look like I went about this the right way?
Roasted Barley --> 2.5kg
Coopers LLME --> 1.3kg
For a 23L batch it says a SG should be ~1037 for 75% efficiency.
My actual SG was 1042. Does this seem a good SG for a stout, and are the differences in SG due to better efficiency than 75%, or different grain, or something else?
Bring on AG!
dougy
Did my first partial mash on the weekend after knocking up a quick copper manifold to fit in a spare fermenter as a mash tun. Big thanks for all the good tips on the site about how to make the manifold, and also the tip for insulation - big-up bubble wrap!
I brewed a Grumpys guiness copy, it had 2.5kg of grain in it, some hops and I added a can of Coopers light LME (1.3kg) and WYeast 1084.
I'm definitey going all-grain after I get the last couple of months of uni out of the way, but I have to say, the smell of the grain, and the sweet wort running out.... mmm beautiful!
I want to know how my efficiency went, so I downloaded promash and chucked some numbers in. Obviously i dont know what grains were in the bag from grumpys, but i assume they were a mix of roasted and pale barley.
For all the experts out there, does it look like I went about this the right way?
Roasted Barley --> 2.5kg
Coopers LLME --> 1.3kg
For a 23L batch it says a SG should be ~1037 for 75% efficiency.
My actual SG was 1042. Does this seem a good SG for a stout, and are the differences in SG due to better efficiency than 75%, or different grain, or something else?
Bring on AG!
dougy
