Chaostar
Active Member
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I am about to ease into AG and going to try a 2.5 gallon batch using DB's stove top method.
Here's the recipe:
6# 2-row
1# Pilsen
0.75# Chrystal 60
0.5oz Warrior 60min
0.25oz Amarillo 20min
0.5oz Amarillo 5min
0.5oz Columbus
Wyeast 3522 Ardennes
I plugged it into the Brew Pal app and it's calling for a 3 gallon strike, which seems alright but a 7 quart sparge. Doesn'tsound right to me but it is coming out to about 3.5 Gallon pre-boil.
My question is should I use more like 2-3 gallons to sparge and boil for a long time to bring it down to the 3.5 gallons, disregarding the software suggestions, and then add the hops and boil for the normal hour or so? I would be taking a hydro reading after the sparge and before the hop additions to add some DME if needed.
Just looking for some advice and assurance if this would work from more experienced brewers on here. Thanks guys.
I am about to ease into AG and going to try a 2.5 gallon batch using DB's stove top method.
Here's the recipe:
6# 2-row
1# Pilsen
0.75# Chrystal 60
0.5oz Warrior 60min
0.25oz Amarillo 20min
0.5oz Amarillo 5min
0.5oz Columbus
Wyeast 3522 Ardennes
I plugged it into the Brew Pal app and it's calling for a 3 gallon strike, which seems alright but a 7 quart sparge. Doesn'tsound right to me but it is coming out to about 3.5 Gallon pre-boil.
My question is should I use more like 2-3 gallons to sparge and boil for a long time to bring it down to the 3.5 gallons, disregarding the software suggestions, and then add the hops and boil for the normal hour or so? I would be taking a hydro reading after the sparge and before the hop additions to add some DME if needed.
Just looking for some advice and assurance if this would work from more experienced brewers on here. Thanks guys.