Recent content by SRJHops

Thanks for the mention! Another trick that I am going to start trying is to add some ascorbic acid. It's 4 grams for a 5 gallon batch. You can add it to the mash or at flameout. Some people say you should also add .2 grams campden if you didn't already use some to treat your water. Campden...

Will likely need.... I've had big beers that never carbed up enough. I actually might dose half the bottles with the bottling yeast and leave it out for the other half - and see how they age.

Has anyone just sprinkled a bit of CBC-1 into each bottle for bottling conditioning? Should I use 2-3 granules for a 12 ouncer and twice that for a bomber? I bottle right from primary. I usually don't need bottling yeast, but I have a Quad coming up that will need some extra yeast at...

I have the grain amount from the recipe software. I was looking for a water volume calculator. So, I would actually be using 3 calculators now: recipe, water volume, water additions/ph. It did just occur to me that for your spreadsheet, my target OG is not the final OG. I should see what...

Thanks. Let me chew on that for a bit.. Is there a way to account for it in the calculator? It would appear that I should actually reduce my grain if I want to hit 1.088 OG.

I can't get his to work, but it appears to be for BIAB anyway - not sure if the metrics are the same? In any case, yours seems better... Did you see our questions about how to account for added sugar to the boil? When I used your calculator I got a predicted OG of 1.085. But that was...

Thanks, I will give it a look. I do like his kettle volume target, because I have been using kettle efficiency for my recipe development target.

Cool - I am giving it a go! If I already have a target grain amount I don't need to use the Goal Seek function, correct? (If I still need to use the Goal Seek function, I am having trouble understanding where it is located on the spreadsheet.) How do I deal with added sugar? I have 2 lbs of...

Thanks. How can I figure out how much water to use? Or should I just use that calculator I found? Mash and Sparge Infusion Water Calculator | Brewgr Maybe I was really close without knowing it... The calculator I found says I should have used 10.28 gallons. I actually used 10 (I was...

Makes sense... My question remains as to how to figure out how much water to collect for the boil-off, though. Or maybe the only way is to just do it and figure it out. The problem is that my brewing calendar is so full that I only brew the Quad once a year...

doug293cz Sorry, I should have been more clear. I was talking about your table showing 100% Conversion and the different mash thickness and corresponding max SGs. I was trying to understand how to use it. It seemed to me that thinner mashes might make it really hard to reach high pre-boil SGs.

Thanks. So a few questions: Why do you think he uses 2 qt/lb for mash thickness? He must erroneously believe it increases fermentability? How can I figure out how much water to use? Is the calculator I posted unreliable for high gravity beers? Is your spreadsheet showing the max SG after...

That makes sense, to measure the SG and when it stops changing the mash is done. I'm a long way from understanding your chart though. Isn't the max SG also highly dependant on the amount of grain? I'm also thinking of the brewer in the All-Stars book who only brews big beers, usually OG...

I am on board with the double sparge from now on for sure. But if not a calculator, how should I figure out how much water I really need? How much more is "more"? I am certain I would have gotten a lot better results had I used 10.40 gallons and collected it all. For my Quad, I used 10...

Fair enough... You can see why I made the original post, because I keep seeing people saying a thinner mash is better... With that said, I am going to see for myself and focus more on getting the equal runnings and doing a double sparge. I am still not 100% sure on whether to use that...