papagoat
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My first AG batch in my new 20 gallon kettle had a very low amount of wort that went into the primary. I shook it off to inexperience.
2 more batches later and the same problem was occurring so I decided to take some accurate measurements.
Nut Brown Ale
8.5 lb grain bill
Mashed with 3 gallons of water at 152
Added 1 gallon at 175 to mash out
Sparged with 4 gallons of 165
I sparged into my wine bucket and measured volume at over 6 gallons. Don't have a measurement for 7 gallons
Then I did a 60 minute boil, cooled, and put into primary where I had 3.5 gallons of wort!!!!!!!!
So I lost about 3 gallons of water in the boil. The gravity was crazy high at 1.1+ so I added 3 gallons of bottled water and the gravity was 1.050.
I live in NW Arkansas near the Ozark Mountains at 1400 feet.
Is there too much surface area in my 20 gallon monster kettle? Why am I losing so much to evaporation?
2 more batches later and the same problem was occurring so I decided to take some accurate measurements.
Nut Brown Ale
8.5 lb grain bill
Mashed with 3 gallons of water at 152
Added 1 gallon at 175 to mash out
Sparged with 4 gallons of 165
I sparged into my wine bucket and measured volume at over 6 gallons. Don't have a measurement for 7 gallons
Then I did a 60 minute boil, cooled, and put into primary where I had 3.5 gallons of wort!!!!!!!!
So I lost about 3 gallons of water in the boil. The gravity was crazy high at 1.1+ so I added 3 gallons of bottled water and the gravity was 1.050.
I live in NW Arkansas near the Ozark Mountains at 1400 feet.
Is there too much surface area in my 20 gallon monster kettle? Why am I losing so much to evaporation?