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2trout,

I'm going to be very diligent about my water measurements for this next batch. Perhaps I'm starting with too much water or just not letting enough boil off. I'm also going to iodine test before mashing out to make sure I'm getting complete conversion. Thanks for the help!

Hey Stux, I seem to be having a problem opening the sheet in OpenOffice. I'll give it another go tonight on my home computer. It complains about the macros not working. I'm assuming it's being created in Excel. I know this is off-topic but if you would be interested I could port the calculator to so...

Thanks for the input Stux. I will be very careful and measure my post mash volume next batch. For bigger beers (1.060+) would it be worth trying to sparge the bag after mashing with a gallon or two of water at mahout temperature?

Oh and as for thermometer, I checked all my temps with two, a probe thermometer and a nice Thermapen and they both read the right temperatures.

Hey Stux, thanks for taking the time to put those numbers in, I really appreciate it. I took a look at your sheet and the numbers are practically the same. My exact grain bill was: 8.5 # | 3.85 kg - Wheat 2.5 # | 1.13 kg - Honey Malt 2 # | 0.9 kg - Pilsner 13 # | 5.9 kg - Total So it looks like I ac...

Hey 2trout,

How different were your gravity readings between batches? I guess my worry is that no matter what I tweak I wont be able to add .010 points to my reading without changing something substantial. My boil volumes ended up being spot on.

Hello BrickBrewHaus, To answer your questions: 1. End of boil volume was 6.5 gallons, which was right on point for what I had calculated for evaporation and grain absorption (started with 8.25 gallons) I did not measure end of boil gravity before cooling. 2. The wort was at 75 f when I took the read...

Thanks Bob, I completely agree with the sentiment. There's no doubt I'll keep making beer but I'd still like to identify the weaknesses in my process and learn a bit more with each batch. It's not even a matter of wanting to hit the numbers but more so wondering what it is about my workflow that is ...

Missing my numbers

I did my first batch, and IPA (SNPA inspired) and ended up with an OG of 1.044. I figured my efficiency was just lower than expected for the recipe and that I started with too much water in the kettle (8.25 gallons in a 40qt stockpot). This weekend I decided to do a wheat beer and used a grain bill ...

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