LarryC
Well-Known Member
Last year I bought a new 11 gallon SS boil pot. I love this thing because now I have plenty of head space - no more worry on boil overs!
One thing that has changed that I like a little less is my evaporation rate. My older recipes called for about 7.2 gallons of wert to end up with 5.5 gallons into the fermenter. I upped the amount bot about 7.5 gallons of wert to boil and I'm still coming up a bit short (barely 5 gallons after a 90 min. boil on my last recipe).
I know I can change the evap rate in beersmith and get the numbers to work for this set up but I was just wondering - is there a way to reduce the amount of evaporation loss? I maintain a good rolling boil, not an extreme splashing one and I remove the lid as soon as the temp gets to about 200° so I let all the "stuff" boil out that's supposed to but this still seems like a lot of loss to me.
Thoughts - suggestions??
One thing that has changed that I like a little less is my evaporation rate. My older recipes called for about 7.2 gallons of wert to end up with 5.5 gallons into the fermenter. I upped the amount bot about 7.5 gallons of wert to boil and I'm still coming up a bit short (barely 5 gallons after a 90 min. boil on my last recipe).
I know I can change the evap rate in beersmith and get the numbers to work for this set up but I was just wondering - is there a way to reduce the amount of evaporation loss? I maintain a good rolling boil, not an extreme splashing one and I remove the lid as soon as the temp gets to about 200° so I let all the "stuff" boil out that's supposed to but this still seems like a lot of loss to me.
Thoughts - suggestions??