Chupidacabra
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So iv been perfecting my new Biab system. I got a 17 gallon stock pot a pulley and a custom bag and the last 5 batches have gone flawlessly. I use 6.5g pre boil and hit damn near 5 perfectly.
This last batch I installed a weldless ball valve. Somehow I boiled down to 3.5 gallons in the same hour as before. Any ideas what happened? The only variable is the ball valve. I don't know how that would change the boil off rate so drastically.
I'm an idiot and in a not sober enough panic I decided to top off with tap water. Now I'm not getting much for signs of fermentation. Hoping I didn't make my first drain pour with such a lame mistake.
This last batch I installed a weldless ball valve. Somehow I boiled down to 3.5 gallons in the same hour as before. Any ideas what happened? The only variable is the ball valve. I don't know how that would change the boil off rate so drastically.
I'm an idiot and in a not sober enough panic I decided to top off with tap water. Now I'm not getting much for signs of fermentation. Hoping I didn't make my first drain pour with such a lame mistake.