The_Brewzer
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I am planning to do my first all-grain batch this weekend, and I downloaded the Beersmith software to help out. I'm not sure I am doing it or reading it correctly though. It is telling me that for a batch size of 5 gallons, I would need 4.64 gallons of water to mash, plus a sparge volume of 4.48 gallons. Somehow this equals a preboil volume of 6.52 gallons (not sure where the other 2 and a half gallons went), and a full gallon and a half will boil off to make a batch size of 5 gallons? Does this make sense to anyone else? This is for a mash of about 12lbs of grain, BTW.
I am planning to do my first all-grain batch this weekend, and I downloaded the Beersmith software to help out. I'm not sure I am doing it or reading it correctly though. It is telling me that for a batch size of 5 gallons, I would need 4.64 gallons of water to mash, plus a sparge volume of 4.48 gallons. Somehow this equals a preboil volume of 6.52 gallons (not sure where the other 2 and a half gallons went), and a full gallon and a half will boil off to make a batch size of 5 gallons? Does this make sense to anyone else? This is for a mash of about 12lbs of grain, BTW.