Not Hitting OG

[Yontsey]

I brewed a hazy IPA today but I was way off on my OG. From Brewfather, the recipe said my OG should’ve been 1.077 but I came in a 1.060.

11lb 2-Row
2lb Flaked wheat
2lb Flaked oats
3oz Honey malt

Brewed in my Grainfather G30.

Next time should I try a double pass on my mill?

 

[Zambi]

I brewed a hazy IPA today but I was way off on my OG. From Brewfather, the recipe said my OG should’ve been 1.077 but I came in a 1.060.

11lb 2-Row
2lb Flaked wheat
2lb Flaked oats
3oz Honey malt

Brewed in my Grainfather G30.

Next time should I try a double pass on my mill?

If you BIAB, then the finer the better...
But also look at the settings in the recipe builder. You may have less boil off or less other losses.
How did you come out for volume?

One of the big changes in my way of brewing came from targetting OG, not volume

 

[Minbari]

If you BIAB, then the finer the better...
But also look at the settings in the recipe builder. You may have less boil off or less other losses.
How did you come out for volume?

One of the big changes in my way of brewing came from targetting OG, not volume

Was my question too. If you had more volume than you expected, it would explain it.

I,too, always shoot for gravity and not volume when brewing

 

[The Brew Mentor]

With that grain bill, did you mash longer and do an iodine conversion test?
Did you add any enzymes?

 

[Yontsey]

I only did a 60 minute mash.

I think you guys nailed it. I did a 60 minute boil but I was in the garage and it was cold out. In these temps, maybe 90 would’ve been better. There was more volume then expected.

 

[Minbari]

I only did a 60 minute mash.

I think you guys nailed it. I did a 60 minute boil but I was in the garage and it was cold out. In these temps, maybe 90 would’ve been better. There was more volume then expected.

Yup, no big deal, it will be a little less sweet than you targeted. I would expect your FG to be 7-9pts less than calculated

 

[Yontsey]

Hopefully this is my last brew session outside in the garage. Got my sink Friday. Just need to hook that up. Moved ever to the basement. Just waiting on the fermenter in order. Should be here this week. Glycol chiller is back ordered unfortunately.

 

[Tim Bulin]

Hopefully this is my last brew session outside in the garage. Got my sink Friday. Just need to hook that up. Moved ever to the basement. Just waiting on the fermenter in order. Should be here this week. Glycol chiller is back ordered unfortunately.

Your going to like it when it's all set up. I moved to the basement the first winter I started brewing and haven't looked back. At this point if I add anything else I'll probably need a seperate building LOL

 

[Yontsey]

Your going to like it when it's all set up. I moved to the basement the first winter I started brewing and haven't looked back. At this point if I add anything else I'll probably need a seperate building LOL

I got a hood with a steam condenser so it should work out well. At some point we’re going to build a barn. We have 5 acres and horses so when we do it I want to have an area out there.

 

[Brewer #445141]

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[Yontsey]

Having a concern right now. Went in to do my first round of dry hopping and there was a slight smell. I had a blow out from the airlock during the first 36 hours of wild fermentation so I was constantly wiping up stuff. Hard to fully clean it in the middle so there’s some residue around. I’m thinking it’s just that. Didn’t see anything that looked abnormal when I looked inside. Been sanitizing everything where I can.

Edit: I think I’m just being paranoid and it’s the smell of 3 day old stale beer…..(hopefully)

 

[Minbari]

Having a concern right now. Went in to do my first round of dry hopping and there was a slight smell. I had a blow out from the airlock during the first 36 hours of wild fermentation so I was constantly wiping up stuff. Hard to fully clean it in the middle so there’s some residue around. I’m thinking it’s just that. Didn’t see anything that looked abnormal when I looked inside. Been sanitizing everything where I can.

Edit: I think I’m just being paranoid and it’s the smell of 3 day old stale beer…..(hopefully)

Let it ride, man. Things have weird smells. If it's bad, it will still be bad later.

 

[Yontsey]

Ha yeah that’s what I told my wife. Said we’ll find out in a week or so when I check FG to keg

 

[Minbari]

Ha yeah that’s what I told my wife. Said we’ll find out in a week or so when I check FG to keg

Exactly. If is way below your expectations, be scared lol

 

[Zambi]

Exactly. If is way below your expectations, be scared lol

Even then, taste..

But by the sounds of it you are fine

 

[Yontsey]

Not gonna lie, this NEIPA came out prettt damn good. Wish I got to keep this one. We drank our share last night tho.

 

[Sanctuary Brewing]

I brewed a hazy IPA today but I was way off on my OG. From Brewfather, the recipe said my OG should’ve been 1.077 but I came in a 1.060.

11lb 2-Row
2lb Flaked wheat
2lb Flaked oats
3oz Honey malt

Brewed in my Grainfather G30.

Next time should I try a double pass on my mill?

that OG seems high based on your Grain bill. I plugged those into my recipe editor and I get an expected OG of 1.071 (72% efficiency). I'm using a Brewzilla Gen4 so our equipment will behave similarly. Like others have mentioned there are other factors.
Recipe editor efficiency. This was the biggest thing I overlooked when I first started. By default my recipe editor was at 80% efficiency and I was hitting nowhere near that. I'd recommend starting here. To get to 1.077 with your gain bill and my editor and equipment profile I had to set the efficiency to 78%
This is going to get you close to your expected OG.
Now why did you hit 1.060 instead of 1.071?
Grain crush
Equipment Profile - Grain absorption rate, boil off rate, water calculations, etc

 

[Yontsey]

that OG seems high based on your Grain bill. I plugged those into my recipe editor and I get an expected OG of 1.071 (72% efficiency). I'm using a Brewzilla Gen4 so our equipment will behave similarly. Like others have mentioned there are other factors.
Recipe editor efficiency. This was the biggest thing I overlooked when I first started. By default my recipe editor was at 80% efficiency and I was hitting nowhere near that. I'd recommend starting here. To get to 1.077 with your gain bill and my editor and equipment profile I had to set the efficiency to 78%
This is going to get you close to your expected OG.
Now why did you hit 1.060 instead of 1.071?
Grain crush
Equipment Profile - Grain absorption rate, boil off rate, water calculations, etc

That's what I got from BrewFather, but yeah I need to adjust the efficiency. I think by default it's 80% like you mentioned. Probably need to lower more toward 70-72%.

I think with this session, the issue was boil off. Either way, it came out tasty, just not as high abv as planned.

 

[Sanctuary Brewing]

That's what I got from BrewFather, but yeah I need to adjust the efficiency. I think by default it's 80% like you mentioned. Probably need to lower more toward 70-72%.

I think with this session, the issue was boil off. Either way, it came out tasty, just not as high abv as planned.

And if you are using BF's recipe builder, make sure to use the Grainfather Equipment profile. It shows an average efficiency of 70%

 

[Yontsey]

Good to know. I was building through Brewfather. Thanks!