TurkeySandwich
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So I brewed my first batch today. It was a pale ale taken from a recipe in a book I found.
The recipe stated it was for a 5 gallon batch, but after the boil and putting the wort into the primary fermenter, it was only about 3 gallons. Is this normal? Will the worst expand an entire 2 gallons during fermentation or was I supposed to add more water at some point? I followed the recipe exactly, but it just doesn't seem like I wound up with enough wort.
The recipe originally called for 3.5 gallons of water plus 6 lbs of malt, for roughly 4 gallons total. I guess a gallon boiled off.
The recipe stated it was for a 5 gallon batch, but after the boil and putting the wort into the primary fermenter, it was only about 3 gallons. Is this normal? Will the worst expand an entire 2 gallons during fermentation or was I supposed to add more water at some point? I followed the recipe exactly, but it just doesn't seem like I wound up with enough wort.
The recipe originally called for 3.5 gallons of water plus 6 lbs of malt, for roughly 4 gallons total. I guess a gallon boiled off.