My second go at all grain brewing went really smooth today! I utilized a lot more hoses and gravity this time, making my back happy. Everything went really well, kept mash temp exactly in place for an hour!
The only hiccup I saw was that as I added my final addition of hops at flame out I realized I hadn’t added Whirlfloc yet! Fired it back up for about 5 minutes, so now I have a 5 minute hop addition instead.
Regarding the gravity… Pre Boil OG- 1.055 Post Boil OG- 1.065 (Recipe called for 1.060 so I don’t know what the heck happened)
I think I’m going to focus in on that SN Pale Ale clone going forward for a while. Something I can repeat over and over.
I’d always prefer to be a bit over on the OG. Easier to add some water if I want to drop the gravity. Double check your volumes. Maybe you just boiled a bit longer or a bit more vigorously. It’s pretty hard to tightly regulate some of those burners.
If my volume is off I usually just top up the fermenter when I transfer the wort in there. Pour it from up around shoulder level and you get the added benefit of a little aeration [emoji6][emoji106]
Hah - I caught that too! I’m pretty efficient on brewday, but scheduling “bathes” to coincide with brewing activities is really taking it up a notch. Now if only I could brew in the bathroom… :o
If forgetting to add whirlfloc is the worst thing that happened then that’s a great brew day. If that happens again I’d just leave it out. I use Whirlfloc but when if forget to add it I don’t see a difference. No pants helps too.
I had my process down so pat when I was bachelor that I could clean my house while brewing, which left me free to do whatever I pleased after brewing. Granted, it was a small single family home, and I was the only person living in it.