Old Speck Hen. - BLA No2
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:59 pm
Well ive just finished another good brew day (2nd working run for my new kit).
Still getting to grips with quanitites and hoping someone will help me with my effeciency, and explain to me in div terms how it works...
Well my last brew i ended up with less wort than i expected. So this time added a % more to get me about right.
Wanted to make 50 Ltrs of OSH. So estimated a total water use of 64 Ltrs.
Used
9456g Pale Malt
1173g Crystal Malt
Total Grain 10.629KG
worked off 2.5 Ltrs per KG so 26.5 Ltrs.
I have a dead space of 4 ltrs in my mash tun so added that on top. Total Mash Liquor of 30.5 Ltrs.
Started Mash and the liquor was too hot. Used 4 Ltrs cold water to bring temp down. (mental note about adding this to my Total Liquid count at the end)
Mashed at 66*C for 90mins.
Started to drain and sparge the remainder.
1st Running was 1072 @ 57*C
2nd Runnings was 1060 @ 50*C
3rd Runnings was 1012 @52*C
All run off and on the boil for 90 mins with
141g Challenger Hops @ Start of Boil
33g Goldings half way through the boil. (dunno why i didnt lob it in at the start like last time, just did)
15 mins before the end in went the Wort Cooler and Protofloc.
Cooled to 28*C and pumped to the FV.
Got 46 Ltrs @ 1060 @ 23*C
Added 4 Ltrs of cold water to bring up to 50 Ltrs and got a reading of 1053.
(there was prob about 3 - 4 ltrs still in the boiler that wouldnt Drain. Need to add some more small holes to the strainer at a lower height, it obviously seals damn well at the bottom, and doesnt let the rest drain off, lol)
So i started with 64 Ltrs in the HLT, added 4 to the Mash. Brings it up to 68 Ltrs in total.
Then added 4 Ltrs extra to the FV after the boil to get 50 Ltrs in total.
That means at the mo i have to add 45% water extra to what ever brew size i want to do (ie 50 ltrs = 72.5Ltrs)....
After i modify the Hop Strainer i may get those extra 4 ltrs missing in the FV back, which would mean its a 36% increase.
Does this sound about normal..
Still getting to grips with quanitites and hoping someone will help me with my effeciency, and explain to me in div terms how it works...
Well my last brew i ended up with less wort than i expected. So this time added a % more to get me about right.
Wanted to make 50 Ltrs of OSH. So estimated a total water use of 64 Ltrs.
Used
9456g Pale Malt
1173g Crystal Malt
Total Grain 10.629KG
worked off 2.5 Ltrs per KG so 26.5 Ltrs.
I have a dead space of 4 ltrs in my mash tun so added that on top. Total Mash Liquor of 30.5 Ltrs.
Started Mash and the liquor was too hot. Used 4 Ltrs cold water to bring temp down. (mental note about adding this to my Total Liquid count at the end)
Mashed at 66*C for 90mins.
Started to drain and sparge the remainder.
1st Running was 1072 @ 57*C
2nd Runnings was 1060 @ 50*C
3rd Runnings was 1012 @52*C
All run off and on the boil for 90 mins with
141g Challenger Hops @ Start of Boil
33g Goldings half way through the boil. (dunno why i didnt lob it in at the start like last time, just did)
15 mins before the end in went the Wort Cooler and Protofloc.
Cooled to 28*C and pumped to the FV.
Got 46 Ltrs @ 1060 @ 23*C
Added 4 Ltrs of cold water to bring up to 50 Ltrs and got a reading of 1053.
(there was prob about 3 - 4 ltrs still in the boiler that wouldnt Drain. Need to add some more small holes to the strainer at a lower height, it obviously seals damn well at the bottom, and doesnt let the rest drain off, lol)
So i started with 64 Ltrs in the HLT, added 4 to the Mash. Brings it up to 68 Ltrs in total.
Then added 4 Ltrs extra to the FV after the boil to get 50 Ltrs in total.
That means at the mo i have to add 45% water extra to what ever brew size i want to do (ie 50 ltrs = 72.5Ltrs)....
After i modify the Hop Strainer i may get those extra 4 ltrs missing in the FV back, which would mean its a 36% increase.
Does this sound about normal..
