BCS Wittbrew

[goldfngr77]

Just brewed my second all-grain batch, Jamil's Wittbrew from BCS. Had my fist stuck mash despite adding a whole pound of rice hulls. Nothing a little Mash Tun blow-job couldn't fix, but I was still suprised since I doubled the recomended rice hull (per the suggestion of my LHBS) any thoughts on this?

Also, according to the recipe my OG should have been 1.050 but I ended up with 1.043. What will this do to the final beer (lighter body, drier, etc)?

Anything you can do after boiling to bump OG one way or the other? Add some DME?

[siwelwerd]

Boil some DME in water for a few minutes, then chill it down and add it to the beer.

[Elbone]

Yep- That one'll stick on you! Brewed it about a month ago with a 5 lbs bag of Gold Medal Whole Wheat flour (we don' need no stinkin' flaked wheat!). Did a long protein rest and started with 1/2 a lb of rice hulls. Ended up adding another 1/2 lb later and it still stuck. I batch sparge in an Igloo Ice Cube with a Bazooka Screen. Ended up adding most of my sparge water, stirring, vorlaufing and finally got it to run off. Long brew day but the results are heavenly. Fermented with some of the Ommegang yeast I got from Apreskibrewer here on the BN forum. Best wheat I've done so far.

The best time to check and adjust gravity is pre-boil. Then you can add DME or water. This way your hop utilization is what you expect. I use a refractometer for this but you can take a sample, chill it in an ice bath and use a hydrometer.