JinABQ
Apprentice
My second attempt at an AG recipe started with selecting a Dunkleweizen because it was one of my top 3 favorite extract recipes. At my local supply store I made a few alterations based on what was in stock. The recipe called for Hallertauer Hersbrucker; I chose German Hallertau. The recipe called for Hefeweizen Ale yeast(WLP300); I chose Bavarian Weizen Ale(WLP351).
Here's where I screwed up: I heated 3.25 Gal water to 164F, dumped it in my mash tun and added my grain. The water temp dropped to 142F and the recipe calls for 152F. I heated another gallon of water to almost 170F and dumped it in the mash tun, which raised the temp to about 145F. I resigned to leave it to mash and learn whatever lesson this mistake was going to teach me. After an hour I took a gallon away from the sparge volume and went to it. I came out with 6.25 gallons of wort at SG 1.022, while the recipe predicts 1.050.
Here's where I cheated: I brought the wort to boil then dumped in a can of Pilsen Light LME that a had in the back of the fridge. The rest of the boil proceeded mostly normally. I changed the aroma hops boil time from 20 min to 5, as I've been reading lately that hops loses all it's aroma qualities within about ten minutes of boil, and I like hops.
In the end I had 5.5 Gal in the fermenter; the recipe was for 5 Gal.
The recipe predicts an OG of 1.057. Mine is 1.062! I would have toned it down with some more water but didn't want to overfill my 5 Gal fermenting bucket by too much. I cannot wait to try this one.
Here's where I screwed up: I heated 3.25 Gal water to 164F, dumped it in my mash tun and added my grain. The water temp dropped to 142F and the recipe calls for 152F. I heated another gallon of water to almost 170F and dumped it in the mash tun, which raised the temp to about 145F. I resigned to leave it to mash and learn whatever lesson this mistake was going to teach me. After an hour I took a gallon away from the sparge volume and went to it. I came out with 6.25 gallons of wort at SG 1.022, while the recipe predicts 1.050.
Here's where I cheated: I brought the wort to boil then dumped in a can of Pilsen Light LME that a had in the back of the fridge. The rest of the boil proceeded mostly normally. I changed the aroma hops boil time from 20 min to 5, as I've been reading lately that hops loses all it's aroma qualities within about ten minutes of boil, and I like hops.
In the end I had 5.5 Gal in the fermenter; the recipe was for 5 Gal.
The recipe predicts an OG of 1.057. Mine is 1.062! I would have toned it down with some more water but didn't want to overfill my 5 Gal fermenting bucket by too much. I cannot wait to try this one.