Ok this is a new thread related to my first thread https://www.wortsandall.co.za/showth...rain-brew-ever
So this was my second attempt, again sorry for not asking questions beforehand. But the brew is done so I will share. This one went a lot better.
My recipe was as follows:
So I mashed the grain at 66C for 50min, then brought up the temprature up to 74C in about 15min and left it at 74C for another 10min.
After mashing I brought it up to boil for a planned 60min, but I forgot to check my loadshedding schedule and the power went off after 40min boil. I left the wort for 2 hours until power came back on, then brought it back to boiling and finished boiling it for 20min. The temperature was about 75C after 2 hours loadshedding. Can someone advise me if this is wrong and what I should have rather done, if this ever happens again. I could also not cool down my wort during loadshedding because I use a submersible wort chiller that works with a pump, so I needed power to cool down my wort as well, which is why I reheated it back up to boil for 20min and then chilled it.
After the boil-rest-boil-chill was done I had about 19L of wort that I transfered to my fermenter, I was hoping for 23L but 19L is fine. My OG reading was 1.043, which I think gives me a 59-60% brewhouse efficiency.
Thing I have learned during this brew is as follows:
But overall this brew was a success because my wort tasted great, cannot wait for it to be bottled and then poured into my glass.
I enjoyed the process way more this time.
Cheers to everyone
So this was my second attempt, again sorry for not asking questions beforehand. But the brew is done so I will share. This one went a lot better.
My recipe was as follows:
- 30L water preboil
- 3kg Pale ale
- 1kg Vienna
- 0,3kg Caramunich II
- 0,2kg Oats
- 15g Centennial 9,4% @ 60min
- 25g Casscade 4,8% @ 10min
- 15g Casscade 4,8% dryhop 3 days later
- 11,5g SafAle S-04
So I mashed the grain at 66C for 50min, then brought up the temprature up to 74C in about 15min and left it at 74C for another 10min.
After mashing I brought it up to boil for a planned 60min, but I forgot to check my loadshedding schedule and the power went off after 40min boil. I left the wort for 2 hours until power came back on, then brought it back to boiling and finished boiling it for 20min. The temperature was about 75C after 2 hours loadshedding. Can someone advise me if this is wrong and what I should have rather done, if this ever happens again. I could also not cool down my wort during loadshedding because I use a submersible wort chiller that works with a pump, so I needed power to cool down my wort as well, which is why I reheated it back up to boil for 20min and then chilled it.
After the boil-rest-boil-chill was done I had about 19L of wort that I transfered to my fermenter, I was hoping for 23L but 19L is fine. My OG reading was 1.043, which I think gives me a 59-60% brewhouse efficiency.
Thing I have learned during this brew is as follows:
- Check my loadshedding schedule and make sure I have enough time.
- Maybe stir my grain while mashing, did not do it this time but I am hoping it will increase my efficiency
- I did not sparge my grain when I pulled it out my grain basket to drain. Afterwards noticed how much sugars were still left in the grain, so definitely going to sparge.
- Input 60% efficiency and not 85% (which I thumb sucked when guessinng a number) into my brewing software.
But overall this brew was a success because my wort tasted great, cannot wait for it to be bottled and then poured into my glass.
I enjoyed the process way more this time.
Cheers to everyone
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