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Yes but I think the extra KG has caused the problem and my mash has become stodgy as it was only in 10 litres of water in a 15L pot

This was my second mash, the first time I used 3kg of grain and I got the target OG. I definitely used crushed Maris otter pale malt but this time I used flaked oats and flaked wheat as well

OG reading was taken at 21 degrees using a hydrometer and I double checked by putting it in water. I’m sure it was down to too much grain because it was syrup like in the grain bag when I squeezed it. I have left it as it is regarding the extra sugar. Thanks for the reply!

Thanks again for the advice!

Less grain and more DME next time then! Iv got 1kg of Young’s brewing sugar somewhere so I could always add that if I want to up the OG I suppose.

Cheers for the quick reply anyway and Clint! I’ll stir it more next time and maybe reduce the grain slightly as almost 4kg was quite a lot for a stove top I’m guessing.

I stirred the grain at the start so it was all soaked. Pre heated the oven to 70 then put the pot in for an hour. I poured a kettle of water at 70 degrees over the grain after the mash if you could call that sparging and squeezed the bag.

Poured the DME slowly into the wort inside the fermenter and gave it a right good stir so I doubt it can be that. Did I do the mash correctly at 65 degrees for 60 minutes?

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