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Tom (4.46.11.45)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 10:34 am: | 
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I brewed my 2nd batch, this one another extract kit from B3;
7lbs ultralight LME
4oz maltodextrin
1lb crystal 40L
8oz black patent
4oz chocolate
hops:
1oz norther brewer for 60
1oz cascade for a min.
OG was 48
the OG again was lower then expected. Am I doing something wrong here? I did a 3 gallon boil; cooled; added water; areated then checked OG.
Also, there was alot of trub this time, strained through a mesh bag.
The end product looks very dark.. Dark is good..
btw, the american amber came out perfect! my first batch was better then I expected. Thanks for all your help. Tom |
Bill Pierce (24.141.63.119)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 04:49 pm: |
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The calculated O.G. for this recipe using ProMash is 1.051 (you can just about ignore the contribution of the steeped specialty grains). That seems close enough to your experience to be an acceptable margin of error. RDWHAHB. |
Tom (4.46.11.45)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 08:16 pm: |
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Bill, how do you calculate O.G. I remember reading somewhere that one lb of LME is about 1.035 in one gal of water, but how do you figure in the grains other stuff. I would like to make a high gravity beer one of these days.
thanks, Tom |
big earl (209.222.26.27)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 08:21 pm: |
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get promash - or another brew-software
as Bill said above "(you can just about ignore the contribution of the steeped specialty grains)" |
Denny Conn (140.211.82.4)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2003 - 08:22 pm: |
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Tom, pale malt is about 36 ppg. Specialty malts are a little less, and go down in ppg as the malt gets darker. |
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