Jablestein
Well-Known Member
Hey all,
So over the past few brews I've tried, I've noticed that the yield of my brew seems to vary greatly. I've been averaging about about 20-24 bombers per intended 5 gallon batch. Sometimes it's much greater, sometimes much less. I've been trying some IPAs with lots of whole leaf hop additions (Almost 6 ounces in the boil and 6 more in dry hop) which seem to yield much less do to absorption of the whole leaf hops. I'm just curious how you guys combat issues like this. I've been doing about 4 gallons in the boil and adding 2 more when going into primary. I honestly haven't paid too much attention as to where that leaves me in terms of how close I am to 5 total gallons, but that's what has been suggested to me in the past.
Should I be looking to top off to 5 gallons all the time, regardless of the amount of wort I'm left with after initial boil and hop additions? I'm concerned about over diluting my beer.
I'm also about to jump into All Grain brewing as well and i'm not entirely sure what I need to be looking out for when it comes to proper ratios of Grain and Hops to Water.
I appreciate all the help in advance.
So over the past few brews I've tried, I've noticed that the yield of my brew seems to vary greatly. I've been averaging about about 20-24 bombers per intended 5 gallon batch. Sometimes it's much greater, sometimes much less. I've been trying some IPAs with lots of whole leaf hop additions (Almost 6 ounces in the boil and 6 more in dry hop) which seem to yield much less do to absorption of the whole leaf hops. I'm just curious how you guys combat issues like this. I've been doing about 4 gallons in the boil and adding 2 more when going into primary. I honestly haven't paid too much attention as to where that leaves me in terms of how close I am to 5 total gallons, but that's what has been suggested to me in the past.
Should I be looking to top off to 5 gallons all the time, regardless of the amount of wort I'm left with after initial boil and hop additions? I'm concerned about over diluting my beer.
I'm also about to jump into All Grain brewing as well and i'm not entirely sure what I need to be looking out for when it comes to proper ratios of Grain and Hops to Water.
I appreciate all the help in advance.