philm63
Grandmaster Brewer
So I brewed my Pumpkin Ale a little over a week ago and have been racking my brain trying to figure out why my OG was so far off. I was supposed to hit 1.075 but at T-15 minutes my refractometer said I had only a 1.060. I added a little DME to bring it up to 1.065 but that was as far as I was willing to go with that band-aid as I didn't want to alter the recipe too much mid-stream.
I did add 4 Lbs of baked pumpkin to the mash (recipe is attached) and followed the suggested volumes in BS2 pretty much to the letter. I also played around with the pumpkin as an ingredient in my recipe changing it from a sugar to a grain (modifying its "grain profile" to closely match that of actual baked pumpkin) to see what effect it might have - very little, in fact - so I'm stumped.
Unless I'm missing something obvious here, my efficiency just went in the toilet! It did seem as though I was putting a bit more water than usual in the boil pot, but again; I was following the volumes to a T and thought since the numbers looked right, it should've worked out, right?
I did add 4 Lbs of baked pumpkin to the mash (recipe is attached) and followed the suggested volumes in BS2 pretty much to the letter. I also played around with the pumpkin as an ingredient in my recipe changing it from a sugar to a grain (modifying its "grain profile" to closely match that of actual baked pumpkin) to see what effect it might have - very little, in fact - so I'm stumped.
Unless I'm missing something obvious here, my efficiency just went in the toilet! It did seem as though I was putting a bit more water than usual in the boil pot, but again; I was following the volumes to a T and thought since the numbers looked right, it should've worked out, right?