I've done 3 all grain batches so far and they've turned out great (with my ghetto rigged cooler even), but I'm trying to refine my water amounts since all 3 batches have missed my target 5.5 gallon batch size and thus changed up the gravity of the beers.
One thing I'm curious about is how everyone measures their losses and totals. When you drain into your boil kettle, how do you know how much liquid is in there? When you're done boiling, how do you measure how much is left? The only way I've found is to use a quart size measuring pitcher I have, but that takes forever.
And how does everyone measure out their mash water amount? I've been using a gallon spring water jug to measure the amounts, but that's still somewhat of a pain to do and I don't always have jugs around...
One thing I'm curious about is how everyone measures their losses and totals. When you drain into your boil kettle, how do you know how much liquid is in there? When you're done boiling, how do you measure how much is left? The only way I've found is to use a quart size measuring pitcher I have, but that takes forever.
And how does everyone measure out their mash water amount? I've been using a gallon spring water jug to measure the amounts, but that's still somewhat of a pain to do and I don't always have jugs around...