mwill07
Well-Known Member
I did my first AG last week, and one thing that came up is this: I had no idea exactly how much wort I actually had in the pot, before, during, and after the boil. This seems like a pretty critical element that you would want to track.
you can't simply assume all of the water that goes into the tun comes out. there is some loss due to grain absorption, and a loss due to the tun drain not being exactly on the bottom. So, I'm assuming you typically sparge until you get you 6.5 gallons (or whatever you want to account for boil off) - how do you know when you are done?
During the boil, how do you track the volume inside the pot?
Is this important anyways, or am I over thinking this?
you can't simply assume all of the water that goes into the tun comes out. there is some loss due to grain absorption, and a loss due to the tun drain not being exactly on the bottom. So, I'm assuming you typically sparge until you get you 6.5 gallons (or whatever you want to account for boil off) - how do you know when you are done?
During the boil, how do you track the volume inside the pot?
Is this important anyways, or am I over thinking this?