Thanks Mark.. that's helpful..
I've just done my first 1G batch yesterday.. the Boston Brew Everyday IPA. BOY, was I surprised at the boil off.. I started with 2G of water.. half in the mash and half in the sparge per instructions. I don't have a marked spoon so I don't know how much water was absorbed.. but possibly 2 qts (?) Anyhow I did my 1 hour boil after sparging with the other 1.5 gallons and by the time I poured it into the fermenter I was left with only 1/2G. and a pretty high gravity.. so I topped it off with boiled and cooled RO/Tap water blend to 1G. Ended up with a 1.056 OG.
So, this brings me to my question which I should possibly ask as a different thread.. but let's see how this goes. I've never had an excessive boiloff doing 5G batches.. probably due to the size of the pot.. taller than diameter dimensions. However, for this 1G.. size matters I guess.
Assuming I know I will have a 1G boil off in my hour.. is there any problem with adding an extra gallon to the BK after I do the sparge? That way I won't have such concentrated wort that will have to be diluted later??? I know I can't do it before with sparge water cuz I run the risk of extracting tannins.
What say you 1 gallon brewers??? Lend a hand?
I've just done my first 1G batch yesterday.. the Boston Brew Everyday IPA. BOY, was I surprised at the boil off.. I started with 2G of water.. half in the mash and half in the sparge per instructions. I don't have a marked spoon so I don't know how much water was absorbed.. but possibly 2 qts (?) Anyhow I did my 1 hour boil after sparging with the other 1.5 gallons and by the time I poured it into the fermenter I was left with only 1/2G. and a pretty high gravity.. so I topped it off with boiled and cooled RO/Tap water blend to 1G. Ended up with a 1.056 OG.
So, this brings me to my question which I should possibly ask as a different thread.. but let's see how this goes. I've never had an excessive boiloff doing 5G batches.. probably due to the size of the pot.. taller than diameter dimensions. However, for this 1G.. size matters I guess.
Assuming I know I will have a 1G boil off in my hour.. is there any problem with adding an extra gallon to the BK after I do the sparge? That way I won't have such concentrated wort that will have to be diluted later??? I know I can't do it before with sparge water cuz I run the risk of extracting tannins.
What say you 1 gallon brewers??? Lend a hand?