arctic78
Grandmaster Brewer
I just brewed my first AG batch yesterday and have to say it all went well Thanks to all the advise and information I have received from everyone here. Was not 100% on the mark with everything but was happy and think I know where to correct things.
My pre boil gravity was out by 4 points (higher) OG was 8 points out, Higher again.
A couple of questions though.
1: I was expecting my OG to be higher due to the pre boil gravity reading being higher but is this manageable by keeping better control of the boil? I had a very vigorous boil this time and my boil off was a lot more than usual by 1.5 litre ( 1.58 quarts) So my batch volume was down also.
2: This is about the efficiency, Brew house and mash. My brew house efficiency's were. total 72% and measured 72.1%
My mash efficiency's were. Estimated 72.9% and measured 86.7%
I am still not 100% sure on what these mean exactly and were in my process has the biggest effect on these numbers.
THanks.
My pre boil gravity was out by 4 points (higher) OG was 8 points out, Higher again.
A couple of questions though.
1: I was expecting my OG to be higher due to the pre boil gravity reading being higher but is this manageable by keeping better control of the boil? I had a very vigorous boil this time and my boil off was a lot more than usual by 1.5 litre ( 1.58 quarts) So my batch volume was down also.
2: This is about the efficiency, Brew house and mash. My brew house efficiency's were. total 72% and measured 72.1%
My mash efficiency's were. Estimated 72.9% and measured 86.7%
I am still not 100% sure on what these mean exactly and were in my process has the biggest effect on these numbers.
THanks.