!st all grain kind of taste grainy?

[bambam26]

I just tasted my 1st all grain, I have had it on CO2 for 3 days and it taste kind of grainy? I don't know how to explain it but it isn't what I was wanting...LOL I tasted it during the transfere from primary to 2ndary and it tasted great. I am not sure what has happened? any ideas??????

[spiderwrangler]

How about some details? Style/recipe? Sparge technique/profile, etc, etc, etc, etc...

[EL TIZZO]

Give it some time...3 days is not very long...taste it again in a week...wait a week, taste it again

Cheers!

[bambam26]

It was a Mirror Pond Pale clone, I tried to hold the temp at 153 but it slowly lowered and I ended up mashing for about 1.5 hours instead of 60, the temp dropped to 135 by the end. I didnt turn the burner on because it was not working as it should so I just let it sit longer. Also it was a 10 gallon batch, and that may be the problem I may have bitten off more then I should have. I am doing 5 gallon batchs until I get it nailed down from here out. details below-
PS- my OG was 1.053
Mirror Pond Clone
10 gallon batch

Variables
Batch Size (gal)
10
Grain Bill ( lbs.)
21
Boil Time (hrs.)
1
Trub Loss (gal.)
.5
Equipment Loss (gal.)
.5
Mash Thickness ( qts/lb.)
1.33
Grain Temperature (deg.)
70
Target Mash Temperature (deg.)
153
 
 

Constants
Wort Shrinkage (pct)
4
Grain Absorption Constant (gal/lb)
0.13
Percent Boil off per Hour (pct/hr)
10
 
 

Results
Total Water Needed (gal.)
15.38
Mash Water Needed (gal.)
6.98
Sparge Water Needed (gal.)
8.40
Strike Temperature (deg.)
165.48
Pre-Boil Wort Produced (gal.)
12.15
 
 




19 lb
NW 2 Row Pale Malt
2 lb
Crystal 60
0.50 lb
Cara Pils Malt; Briess / or Dextrin
1 oz
Centennial boiled 60 min/or first wort hop
2 oz
Cascade boiled 15 min.
2 oz
Cascade boiled 10 min.
2 oz
Cascade boiled 5 min.
2 oz
Cascade boiled 1 min.
2 oz
Cascade used as dry hop
Yeast :
California Ale

OG 10.59
FG 10.15
5.7%

[madchemist83]

Does it taste better now ?

[bambam26]

Nope it taste like crap! Its going to be garden food......I have several other in the waiting to try..

[madchemist83]

Did u check pH of ur mash ?

[ziggy]

Oversparging, having the pH creep up too high when sparging and having a mash pH too high to begin with can all extract tannins from the grain husks that can give you a grainy flavor. I have had this problem before when using pilsener malts there are 2 ways to fix it at this point:

1. Fine it with PVPP
2. Let it sit another couple weeks at cold temperature, those tannins will eventually settle out.

If that fails, THEN you can dump it, but when in doubt wait a couple weeks.