This is how I do figire out how much water to use. Take the amount the recipe tells you you're supposed to wind up with. For example 5.5g. I know I lose 2 gallons in an hour boiling, so i'd figure on losing 3 gallons. Add that to the 5.5 to get to 8.5. Figure on losing around a gallon per 10 pounds of grain in the mash tun. Assuming you have around ten pounds of grain, Add that to the 8.5. So you start with 8.5 gallons of water. For me, I single sparge, so i'd split my water down the middle, mash with 4.25, then sparge with 4.25 and be done with it. You could add a half gallon for trub loss if you get lots of trub in,the kettle. This isn't anywhere near a scientific way of doing it, but it's what I do, it's simple, and I make good beer doing it. Someone will tell me i'n crazy, and it won't work, but it does for me.
If you want to work out temps in beersmith, which i'm guessing you don't have, pm me and we'll go through the numbers
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Originally Posted by dougf
I dont think the flow rate is high enough... If it were, it would rip off peoples nipples.
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