Are you suppose account for evaporation (loss) when building or adjusting water?
I am using TH's Water Calculator and measured appropriatley for the mash and boil additions based on the calculations entered into the spreadsheet.
I believe I ended up with sparging 5 gallons bringing my total volume up to 7.
A one hour boil left me with 5.5 going into the fermenter.
I planned the adjustment eqating to .78 on the CL:SO ratio being on the lower end of balanced and beggining of bitter.
My hydrometer sample was extremely bitter for a 38 IBU beer.
The only thing I can come up with is that possibly I should have accounted for the 1.5 gallon loss during the boil.
? Am I on the right track?
I am using TH's Water Calculator and measured appropriatley for the mash and boil additions based on the calculations entered into the spreadsheet.
I believe I ended up with sparging 5 gallons bringing my total volume up to 7.
A one hour boil left me with 5.5 going into the fermenter.
I planned the adjustment eqating to .78 on the CL:SO ratio being on the lower end of balanced and beggining of bitter.
My hydrometer sample was extremely bitter for a 38 IBU beer.
The only thing I can come up with is that possibly I should have accounted for the 1.5 gallon loss during the boil.
? Am I on the right track?