Re: Sierra Nevada Clone?

On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 11:13:50 -0500, <dlogcher*xspamx*@comcast.net> wrote:
> John 'Shaggy' Kolesar wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 08:35:19 -0500, <dlogcher*xspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>I put 2 gallons of cold in the primary, and racked through a sivv from the
>>>brew pot at 100F. I could see the wort settling on the bottom. I topped off
>>>to 5 gallons and stirrer like crazy. So how much stirring should I do next
>>>time to really mix it up? Stir or shake?
>>
>> IMO, don't. There's really no reason to. Fermentation activity will make
>> sure that everything gets mixed together. The only benefit to stirring it
>> would be to get a more accurate OG. As you've seen, that's really difficult
>> to do though. If that's the only method you rely on for the OG, then you're
>> really never going to know if you stirred enough or not when you take the
>> reading. IMO, don't bother stirring/shaking and just calculate your OG
>> using the equations. Usually, the OG predicted in the recipe for an
>> extract batch will be accurate, assuming that the author does the math
>> correctly and you make the same batch size as the recipe calls for.
>
> So there's no easier way to take an actual reading? Or is siphoning off a
> sample the only way? I was starting to think I was screwing something up
> again when taking a reading.

If you siphon from the top your reading will be low. If you siphon from
the bottom your reading will be high. I just wouldn't bother measuring
the OG with a hydrometer when doing partial boil extract batches. There's
really no need to. In an all grain batch, the OG will vary based on the
brewers efficiency. So every brewer will can get a different OG based on
the same recipe. This is not the case with extracts. There is no efficiency
that comes into play. In this case, every brewer should get the exact same
OG based on the recipe and batch size. You don't need to measure it.


John.
.

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